Efficacy of home-based peer counselling to promote exclusive breastfeeding: a randomised controlled trial
The LancetPublished 1 April 1999
Ardythe L. Morrow, M. Lourdes Guerrero, Justine Shults, Juan J. Calva, Chessa Lutter, Jane Bravo
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Early and repeated contact with peer counsellors was associated with a significant increase in breastfeeding exclusivity and duration, and the two-fold decrease in diarrhoea demonstrates the importance of breastfeeding promotion to infant health.
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This is the first reported community-based randomised trial of breastfeeding promotion. Early and repeated contact with peer counsellors was associated with a significant increase in breastfeeding exclusivity and duration. The two-fold decrease in diarrhoea demonstrates the importance of breastfeeding promotion to infant health.
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