Date of Award

5-2012

Degree Type

Report

Degree Name

Master of Dietetics Administration (MDA)

Department

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences

Committee Chair(s)

Janette Smith Kudin

Committee

Janette Smith Kudin

Committee

Martha Archuleta

Committee

Marlene Israelsen

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the breastfeeding initiation rate among healthy, term infants at a select hospital, the effect of one-on-one breastfeeding education, in addition to written material on breastfeeding initiation rates in the hospital setting, and if other factors from available data are associated with differences in breastfeeding initiation. This was a quasi-experimental convenience sample study with subjects assigned to a control group (written education) or intervention group (written and one-on-one education). The setting was the obstetrics unit at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital (Benton County, Arkansas). Subjects were women delivering infants without complication between March and August 2011. 120 charts were reviewed (60 control and 60 experimental). The experimental group n=60 participants were mothers who received one-on-one instruction about breastfeeding iv topics from a certified breastfeeding educator in addition to a written education booklet. The education was completed within 24 hours either before or after delivery in the patient’s hospital room. The control group mothers n=60 received a written education booklet only. Each infant’s logged intake data was recorded from reviewed medical records for ever breastfed, formula fed or both. Other infant and maternal criteria collected in the chart review included demographics, insurance status, smoking status, obstetric physician, as well as infant birth order, birth type, and weight. Logistical regression analysis was used to determine the effect of certain maternal factors on breastfeeding initiation. Statistical significance was determined at a p-value of

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