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

Breastfeeding Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02120248
• Other study ID #: FY04 WIC Special Project Grant
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 17, 2014
• Last updated: April 21, 2014
• Start date: July 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: April 2014
• Source: Oregon WIC Program
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: US: Department of Agriculture
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1948
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Est. primary completion date: July 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breastfeeding

Intervention

Other:
• Telephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon WIC Program	USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Partial Breastfeeding		3 months	No
Other	Partial breastfeeding		6 months postpartum	No
Primary	Exclusive breastfeeding		6 months postpartum	No
Secondary	Exclusive breastfeeding		3 months postpartum	No