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NCT Number: NCT02120248

The Effect of Varied Intensities of Breastfeeding Peer Support on Duration of Breastfeeding Among Oregon WIC Participants

The U.S. Surgeon General has recommended that peer counseling to support breastfeeding become a core service of the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). As of 2008, 50 percent of WIC clients received services from local WIC agencies that offered peer counseling. Little is known as to the effectiveness of these peer counseling programs. Randomized controlled trials of peer counseling interventions among low-income women in the U.S. showed increases in breastfeeding initiation and duration, but it is doubtful that the level of support provided could be scaled up to service WIC clients nationally. The investigators tested whether a telephone peer counseling program among WIC participants could increase breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity.

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Key information

Conditions

Breastfeeding Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Pregnant Oregon WIC participants in Jackson, Washington and Hood River counties or Umatilla Morrow Head Start.

Exclusion criteria

  • WIC participant outside of the 4 study agencies.

Treatment and study plan

Telephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Exclusive breastfeeding

    Time frame: 6 months postpartum

Secondary outcomes

  1. Exclusive breastfeeding

    Time frame: 3 months postpartum

Other outcomes

  1. Partial Breastfeeding

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Partial breastfeeding

    Time frame: 6 months postpartum

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oregon WIC Program

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
Apr 22, 2014
Registry last updated
Apr 22, 2014

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