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Effect of Postpartum Breast-feeding Support by Nurse on the Breast-feeding Prevalence
Gun Ja Jang, Sun Hee Kim, Kyung Soon Jeong
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008;38(1):172-179.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.1.172
Published online: February 28, 2008

1Full-time Instructor, Department of Nursing, Daegu Polytechnic College, Daegu, Korea.

2Head Nurse, Kyungpook Natinal University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.

3Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Kimcheon Science College, Gimcheon, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Jang, Gun Ja. Department of Nursing, Daegu Polytechnic Colleage, 395 Manchon 3-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu 706-711, Korea. Tel: 82-53-749-7247, Fax: 82-53-749-7460, kjjang14@tpic.ac.kr
• Received: November 27, 2007   • Accepted: January 3, 2008

Copyright © 2008 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the professional nurse's postpartum breast-feeding support on breast-feeding prevalence for mothers who delivered in Baby-Friendly Hospitals (BFH).
  • Methods
    This quasi experimental study was designed with a nonequivalent control group post test. The subjects of this study were 55 mothers who were hospitalized in the delivery room of a university hospital which was selected as a BFH in Daegu from October 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. Twenty nine mothers were assigned to the experimental group and 26 mothers to the control group. Postpartum breast-feeding support by nurses' telephone calls to the experimental group was provided once a week for 4 weeks postpartum and then once a month for 16 weeks postpartum. Four post tests were given at postpartum week 4, 8, 12, and 16. The control group was given a telephone call at postpartum week 4, 8, 12, and 16.
  • Results
    The breast-feeding prevalence of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group for each period.
  • Conclusion
    Postpartum breast-feeding support by nurses may be a useful intervention to increase breast-feeding prevalence.
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Table 1
Homogeneity Test on General Characteristics (N=55)
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Table 2
Homogeneity Test on Breast-feeding Information (N=55)
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Table 3
Comparison of the Breast-feeding Prevalence between Two Groups
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Table 4
Comparison of Feeding Type between Two Groups
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Table 5
Telephone Counseling Contents
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