SCIRP Mobile Website

Browse Menu >>

Browse Subjects >>

Biomedical & Life Sciences

Business & Economics

Chemistry & Materials Science

Computer Science & Communications

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Engineering

Medicine & Healthcare

Physics & Mathematics

Social Sciences & Humanities

Paper Submission

Why Us? >>

  • - Open Access
  • - Peer-reviewed
  • - Rapid publication
  • - Lifetime hosting
  • - Free indexing service
  • - Free promotion service
  • - More citations
  • - Search engine friendly

Free SCIRP Newsletters>>

Add your e-mail address to receive free newsletters from SCIRP.

 

Contact Us >>

Article citations

More>>

Riordan, J., Gill-Hopple, K. and Angeron, J. (2005) Indicators of effective breastfeeding and estimates of breast milk intake. Journal of Human Lactation, 21, 406-412. doi:10.1177/0890334405281032

has been cited by the following article:

  • TITLE: Prenatal breastfeeding intervention program to increase breastfeeding duration among low income women

    AUTHORS: Wajed Hatamleh

    KEYWORDS: Breastfeeding; Self-Efficacy; Intervention; Low Income

    JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.4 No.3, March 31, 2012

    ABSTRACT: Extensive research confirms the nutritional, economic, biomedical, immunological, and psychological advantages of breast milk. Despite the clear benefits of breastfeeding to mother and infant, breastfeeding rates today continue to remain below the recommended levels in the United States, most notably among low-income mothers. One factor that plays a role in breast-feeding success and may be modifiable by nursing intervention is maternal self-efficacy. This study aimed to increase the breast-feeding du-ration through an intervention based on Den-nis’s Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Theory. A quasi-Experimental design was used to test the effect of the intervention program on duration of breastfeeding. A convenience sample of 37 low-income women was recruited from two rural pre-natal clinics in the Midwest. Data were collected using the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (BSES) and a demographic profile. Women were con-tacted by telephone at two and six weeks post-partum to determine if they were still breast-feeding and to complete the BSES. The women who were assigned to a breast-feeding self-efficacy intervention showed significantly greater increases in breast-feeding duration and self-efficacy than did the women in the control group. The results of this study suggest that the one-hour of breastfeeding intervention program during the prenatal period may increase the duration of breastfeeding in low-income women who intend to breastfeed. This study supports the literature which found that prenatal education and postpartum support are important to the out-come of breastfeeding.