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>Has anyone considered that the only intervention here that actually
>drove the "expected" outcome was that the ELF mothers were taught
>that their babies' tummies are very small and that supplementation
>needs to be very limited if it is ever used? That instead of being
>fed ounces from a bottle, they were taught to feed ccs from a
>syringe? That it was clearly communicated that supplementation is an
>intervention done with teaching and awareness and has an end time?
>That the treatment of the intervention was the key piece of
>teaching, not the intervention itself?
That is an excellent point, Jennifer - the intervention that appeared
to make the difference could be the sharing of information and
awareness-raising, *not* the actual formula.
This is quite a weakness in the study protocol. I hope people on
this list who teach research might use this as an example for
students in 'how to read a paper' exercises!
(In fact, the small amounts of formula given could so easily have
been colostrum, anyway, if the babies needed any intervenion at
all.....and we've been round that particular block a few times now)
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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