Implementation and evaluation of community-based drop-in centres for breastfeeding support in Victoria, Australia

Implementation and evaluation of community-based drop-in centres for breastfeeding support in Victoria, Australia

Abstract Background While Australia has high breastfeeding initiation, there is a sharp decline in the first weeks postpartum and this continues throughout the first year. Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC) was a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial to determine whether ea...

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Main Authors: Rhian L. Cramer, Helen L. McLachlan, Touran Shafiei, Lisa H. Amir, Meabh Cullinane, Rhonda Small, Della A. Forster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
Subjects:
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding support
Breastfeeding promotion
Drop-in centre
Outpatient service
Community health services, primary health care, preventative health care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-017-0136-7

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