Review: Breastfeeding Peer Counseling: From Efficacy Through Scale-Up

Effectivness of Counseling on Mother's Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy

Introduction: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of breastfeeding counseling on the self-efficacy of lactating mothers. Methods: This study was conducted as a two-group clinical trial on 60 pregnant women referred to Malayer womenchr('39')s hospitals. Pregnant women were selected by available sampling method. Sampling was performed in two groups by block random method an...

A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF)

Background: The breastfeeding self-efficacy is one of the psychological factors affecting the duration of breastfeeding; the Breastfeeding self-efficacy measured by the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale-short form (BSES-SF). It was validated and reliable in several studies. The current systematic review aimed to comprehensively review the validity and reliability of the BSES-SF in various versi...

Production Scale Up of Nanofibers: A Review

Promoting Breastfeeding Self-efficacy through Role-playing in Pregnant Women

Background Breast milk is the best and most effective food for infants and their survival and health. Promotion of breastfeeding self-efficacy is a goal of breastfeeding education. The purpose of this research was to teach breastfeeding through role-playing and explore its effects on breastfeeding self-efficacy among pregnant women referring to healthcare centers of Isfahan, Iran. Materials and...

A randomized trial assessing the efficacy of peer counseling on exclusive breastfeeding in a predominantly Latina low-income community.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of peer counseling to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among low-income inner-city women in Hartford, Conn. DESIGN Participants recruited prenatally were randomly assigned to either receive support for EBF from a peer counselor plus conventional breastfeeding support (peer counseling group [PC]) or only conventional breastfeeding support (control group [C...