Hi! My name is Lisa Reed and I am a junior nursing student from the
University of North Dakota. I am in my childbearing class this semester
and am interested in learning about peer counseling for breastfeeding. I
have reviewed the archives on this listserv and have been reading the
discussions posted here daily for the last week. In my archives search I
saw that this topic hasn’t been addressed for over five years!
As some are already aware, the number of breastfeeding women has
increased; however, there is still much work to be done. Results of
Healthy People 2000 indicate an especially poor turnout of those who are
low-income, black, or Hispanic, for example. (CDC, 1999). A trial
performed by Anderson, Damio, Young, Chapman, & Perez-Escamilla (2005)
showed the benefits of peer counseling in promoting EBF. Hoddinott & Pill
(2000) point out that women prefer to be shown how to breastfeed their
infants as opposed to being told how to do it.
I would appreciate any feedback you may have about peer
counseling. I am interested in knowing the basics of how your peer
counseling program works, and also what the outcome of it is. If you do
not have a peer counseling program at your institution, do you think it
would be a good idea to implement one, and what guidelines would you have
for it? Basically, what works and what doesn’t? Any comments or
suggestions are appreciated. Thank you!
Lisa Reed, SN
Anderson, A., Damio, G., Young, S., Chapman, D., & Perez-
Escamilla, R. (2005). A Randomized Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Peer
Counseling on Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Predominately Latina Low-Income
Community. [Electronic version]. Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 9, 836-
841.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC): National Center for Health
Statistics. (1999.) Healthy People 2000: Maternal and Infant Health
Progress Review. Retrieved January 17, 2006, from
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hp2000/childhlt/childhlt.htm.
Hoddinott, P., & Pill, R. (2000). A qualitative study of women's
views about how health professionals communicate about infant feeding.
Health Expectations 3 (4), 224-233.
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