An Evaluation of a Perinatal Education and Support Program to Increase Breastfeeding in a Chinese American Community.

Maternal and Child Health Journal
Jennifer D LauShalini Vora

Abstract

In 2015, a community health center implemented a multipronged, Chinese language, health education initiative to increase breastfeeding. Perinatal education, hospital visits after delivery, and postpartum support were implemented to provide informational and emotional support. This study evaluates the impact of the breastfeeding program for Chinese American women. This is a quasi-experimental study to assess the change in any and exclusive breastfeeding at 4-6 weeks postpartum. A difference-in-differences regression analysis was used to determine change in breastfeeding attributable to the program at an intervention site after adjusting for change in a control site during the same period. Change in breastfeeding was also examined by sociodemographic characteristics. A total of 1475 women who received perinatal care at two community center sites in 2014 and 2016 were included in the study. Within the women who received the intervention, any breastfeeding increased by 24 percentage points to 71% and exclusive breastfeeding increased by 13 percentage points to 27%. After adjusting for the change in the control group during the same period, the increases in any and exclusive breastfeeding attributable to the program were 17 (p < 0.0...Continue Reading

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