ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2019
Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention.
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- Effect of antenatal milk expression on prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy, lactogenesis onset, and early exclusive breastfeeding in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Trial
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- Successes and Challenges From a Motivational Interviewing-Informed Diabetes Prevention Program Situated in the Community.Health promotion practice · 2024Article
- Mixed-method evaluation of fidelity of motivational interviewing-based coaching inPEC innovation · 2023Article
- Quarantine experience of healthcare workers in close contact with COVID-19 patients in China: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Self-conscious emotions and breastfeeding support: A focused synthesis of UK qualitative research.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Review
- Breasts and the city: an urban ethnography of infant feeding in public spaces within Cardiff, United Kingdom.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Adapting breastfeeding support in areas of socio-economic deprivation: a case study approach.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Women's and peer supporters' experiences of an assets-based peer support intervention for increasing breastfeeding initiation and continuation: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- The ABA intervention for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation: Feasibility study results.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Understanding health behaviour in pregnancy and infant feeding intentions in low-income women from the UK through qualitative visual methods and application to the COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour) model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Using the behaviour change wheel to explore infant feeding peer support provision; insights from a North West UK evaluation.International breastfeeding journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
An uncontrolled study with process evaluation was conducted in three U.K. community maternity sites to establish the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a novel breastfeeding peer-support intervention informed by motivational interviewing (MI; Mam-Kind). Peer-supporters were trained to deliver the Mam-Kind intervention that provided intensive one-to-one peer-support, including (a) antenatal contact, (b) face-to-face contact within 48 hr of birth, (c) proactive (peer-supporter led) alternate day contact for 2 weeks after birth, and (d) mother-led contact for a further 6 weeks. Peer-supporters completed structured diaries and audio-recorded face-to-face sessions with mothers. Semistructured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of mothers, health professionals, and all peer-supporters. Interview data were analysed thematically to assess intervention acceptability. Audio-recorded peer-support sessions were assessed for intervention fidelity and the use of MI techniques, using the MITI 4.2 tool. Eight peer-supporters delivered the Mam-Kind intervention to 70 mothers in three National Health Service maternity services. Qualitative interviews with mothers (n = 28), peer-supporters (n = 8), and health professionals (n = 12) indicated that the intervention was acceptable, and health professionals felt it could be integrated with existing services. There was high fidelity to intervention content; 93% of intervention objectives were met during sessions. However, peer-supporters reported difficulties in adapting from an expert-by-experience role to a collaborative role. We have established the feasibility and acceptability of providing breastfeeding peer-support using a MI-informed approach. Refinement of the intervention is needed to further develop peer-supporters' skills in providing mother-centred support. The refined intervention should be tested for effectiveness in a randomised controlled trial.
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