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

Oregon WIC Program

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Other: Telephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02120248

FY04 WIC Special Project Grant

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,948 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

1,948 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants receive standard WIC breastfeeding support but do not have contact with a breastfeeding peer counselor

Low Intensity

Other group

Description:

Participants will receive four scheduled phone calls from a peer counselor. Two prenatal calls and 2 postpartum.

Treatment:

Other: Telephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling

High Intensity

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive eight scheduled phone contacts from a peer counselor. Two are prenatal and 6 are postpartum.

Treatment:

Other: Telephone-based breastfeeding peer counseling