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  • Title: Success of an educational intervention on maternal/newborn nurses' breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes.
    Author: Bernaix LW, Beaman ML, Schmidt CA, Harris JK, Miller LM.
    Journal: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs; 2010; 39(6):658-66. PubMed ID: 21039848.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To test the effect of a breastfeeding educational program for improving breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of maternal/newborn nurses, and to improve their intentions to provide breastfeeding support to new mothers. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design. SETTING: Maternity units of 13 hospitals located in midwestern and east coast states. PARTICIPANTS: Nine experimental and three control hospital sites resulted in a convenience sample size of 240 registered nurses (RNs); 206 RNs in the experimental sites and 34 RNs in the control sites. METHODS: Participation in the experimental groups involved the completion of two questionnaires upon study entry and then again after completion of a self-study module. Participants in the control groups completed the two questionnaires twice with a 4- to 6-week interval between them without access to the self-study module. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Nurses' breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions to support postpartum mothers who are breastfeeding. RESULTS: Findings suggest that this educational strategy was effective in improving maternal/newborn nurses' breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, and intentions to support breastfeeding mothers. CONCLUSION: This self-paced, study module, which is guided by an on-site, trained staff member, may be a cost-effective strategy for improving nurses' breastfeeding knowledge and support to new breastfeeding mothers. Nurses may find this type of teaching modality to be less intimidating than a structured classroom setting, and more desirable for their busy schedules.
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