Integrating a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Into an Academic Hospital's Obstetric Clinic: A Pilot Study.

Black recipients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have low breastfeeding rates. The aim of this pilot study was to determine if prenatal education by a breastfeeding peer counselor in an academic obstetric clinic is feasible and could improve WIC-eligible participants' breastfeeding self-efficacy and in-hospital breastfeeding rates. Pregnant participants ( = 57) were randomized into either an intervention group, which spoke briefly with a breastfeeding peer counselor immediately after their clinic appointment, or a comparison group, which received usual prenatal obstetric care only.

Reasons for in-hospital formula supplementation of breastfed infants from low-income families.

In-hospital formula supplementation of breastfed infants negatively impacts breastfeeding duration. Infants from low-income families have some of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the United States. The objectives of this study were to identify (1) reasons low-income breastfeeding mothers begin in-hospital formula supplementation and (2) risk factors for in-hospital formula supplementation.