Addressing Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Advancing the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative with HUG Your Baby Curriculum
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- April 30, 2020
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Rippe, Molly
- Affiliation: School of Nursing
- Abstract
- Experts recommend exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first six months of life. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Baby-Friendly designation has significantly impacted rates of breastfeeding initiation in hospitals across the United States. However, exclusive breastfeeding rates at six months are still far below the WHO’s recommendations. Additional interventions to increase breastfeeding success are needed. A non-randomized, blinded experimental pilot study was designed to test whether participants in a standard childbirth preparation course offered at a Baby Friendly hospital differed in breastfeeding intention and self-efficacy from participants who took the same course with an added breastfeeding component from the prenatal education program called HUG Your Baby (HYB) (n=15). Breastfeeding intention and prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy scales were used and analyzed using a pre-and-post-test design. Results included an increased level of breastfeeding intention and self-efficacy in the intervention group when compared to the control group. Implementing HYB curriculum may further support the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and increase rates of successful breastfeeding.
- Date of publication
- March 2019
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- Funding: Gump Family Undergraduate Research Fund
- Advisor
- Lanning, Rhonda
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Academic concentration
- Nursing
- Honors level
- Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2019
- Language
- English
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