Breastfeeding Support Provided by Lactation Consultants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Importance: Breast milk offers numerous health benefits, yet breastfeeding recommendations are met less than half of the time in high-income countries.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of lactation consultant (LC) interventions on breastfeeding, maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy, and infant growth compared to usual care.

Data Sources: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and the gray literature were searched for articles published between January 1985 and July 2024.