The baby friendly breast-feeding management course(1212. Dinwoodie K, Bramwell R, Dykes F, Lang S, Runcieman A. The baby friendly breast-feeding management course. Br J Midwifery. 2000;8(6):362–6. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2000.8.6.8115. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2000.8.6.8...
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2000 |
Course for healthcare professionals aimed at increasing knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes towards breastfeeding, as well as confidence to actively support breastfeeding mothers and their babies. |
18-hour lactation course/Bonding |
– Soft-hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
Evaluation of breastfeeding websites for patient education(1313. Dornan BA, Oermann MH. Evaluation of breastfeeding Web sites for patient education. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2006;31(1):18–23. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200601000-00006. PubMed PMID: 16371821. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005721-2006010...
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2006 |
Breastfeeding websites for patient education, evaluated based on Health Information Technology Institute (HITI) criteria, readability, and eight content criteria from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on breastfeeding |
Websites |
– Hard – Educational |
Prenatal breastfeeding education and breastfeeding outcomes(1414. Rosen IM, Krueger MV, Carney LM, Graham JA. Prenatal breastfeeding education and breastfeeding outcomes. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. 2008;33(5):315–9. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NMC.0000334900.22215.ec. PubMed PMID: 18758336. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NMC.000033490...
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2008 |
Prenatal education about breastfeeding. There was a class using video demonstration and group teaching by a lactation consultant, a support group for new mothers with one-on-one teaching, prenatal and weekly postpartum meetings, led by a lactation consultant and a pediatrician. Prenatal breastfeeding education can influence the amount of time women breastfeed. |
Video/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
Related factors in using a free breastfeeding hotline service in Taiwan(1515. Wang SF, Chen CH, Chen CH. Related factors in using a free breastfeeding hotline service in Taiwan. J Clin Nurs. 2008;17(7):949–56. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02111.x. PubMed PMID: 18321292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007...
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2008 |
The use of a free hotline service for breastfeeding mothers in Taiwan. This strategy includes categories of common breastfeeding problems at different stages after birth. |
Telephone/Bond |
– Soft – Educational – Managerial |
Breastfeeding promotion for infants in neonatal units: a systematic review and economic analysis(1616. Renfrew MJ, Craig D, Dyson L, McCormick F, Rice S, King SE, et al. Breastfeeding promotion for infants in neonatal units: a systematic review and economic analysis. Health Technol Assess. 2009;13(40):1–146. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta13400. PubMed PMID: 19728934. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta13400...
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2009 |
Evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of interventions that promote or inhibit breastfeeding or breast milk feeding for babies admitted to neonatal units. |
Bond |
– Soft – Managerial |
[Creation of an assistive technology for validation among blind people: focus on breastfeeding](1717. Oliveira PM, Rebouças CB, Pagliuca LM. Creation of an assistive technology for validation among blind people: focus on breastfeeding. Rev Bras Enferm. 2009;62(6):837–43. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-71672009000600006. PubMed PMID: 20098874. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-7167200900...
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2009 |
Assistive health technology to encourage breastfeeding, aiming to contribute to a more autonomous life for people with disabilities and, at the same time, promote the inclusion of these people. This constructed technology is a cordel to be hummed by repentistas to later be appreciated by people with visual impairment. |
Humming cordel/Bond |
– Soft-hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
[Nursing technologies to promote breast feeding: integrative literature review](1818. Joventino ES, Dodt RC, Araujo TL, Cardoso MV, Silva VM, Ximenes LB. Nursing technologies to promote breast feeding: integrative literature review. Rev Gaúcha Enferm. 2011;32(1):176–84. PubMed PMID: 21888219.). |
2011 |
Video/filming was the technology most used by nurses to promote breastfeeding and most were classified as hard technology. |
Video/filming |
– Hard – Educational |
Developing and testing an online breastfeeding training among undergraduate nursing students(1919. Cianelli R, Villegas N, Azaiza K, Henderson S, Hooshmand M, Peragallo N. Developing and testing an online breastfeeding training among undergraduate nursing students. Clin Nurs Stud. 2015;3(1):82–8. PubMed PMID: 27766266.). |
2015 |
Online training for undergraduate nursing students. The development of this training included consultation with content and technology experts. The online component consisted of five modules with a combined duration of approximately 16 hours. After training, students increased their levels of knowledge related to breastfeeding. |
Online platform |
– Hard – Educational |
Incorporating breastfeeding education into prenatal care(2020. Pitts A, Faucher MA, Spencer R. Incorporating breastfeeding education into prenatal care. Breastfeed Med. 2015;10(2):118–23. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2014.0034. PubMed PMID: 25565242. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2014.0034...
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2015 |
Prenatal education about breastfeeding. Three breastfeeding modules were created and offered to women at prenatal consultations at 32, 34 and 36 weeks using tablets. Implemented in an obstetric clinic, women successfully learned breastfeeding content through the tablet methodology. |
Tablets/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a breastfeeding training DVD on improving breastfeeding knowledge and confidence among healthcare professionals in China(2121. Ma YY, Wallace LL, Qiu LQ, Kosmala-Anderson J, Bartle N. A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a breastfeeding training DVD on improving breastfeeding knowledge and confidence among healthcare professionals in China. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018;18(1):80. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1709-1. PubMed PMID: 29587673. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1709-...
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2018 |
Recruitment of healthcare professionals carried out in three hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China, in 2014 for breastfeeding DVD training to improve their knowledge and confidence in breastfeeding support skills. |
DVD |
– Hard – Educational |
popular and inexpensively printed booklets or pamphlets containing folk novels, poems and songs(2222. Oriá MOB, Dodou HD, Chaves AFL, Santos LMDAD, Ximenes LB, Vasconcelos CTM. Effectiveness of educational interventions conducted by telephone to promote breastfeeding: a systematic review of the literature. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2018;52:e03333. PubMed PMID: 30043928.) |
2018 |
Educational interventions delivered by telephone to pregnant or breastfeeding women on the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding. |
Telephone/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
Can a Call Make a Difference? Measured Change in Women’s Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Across Call Interactions on a Telephone Helpline(2323. Thorpe K, Jansen E, Cromack C, Gallegos D. Can a call make a difference? Measured change in women’s breastfeeding self-efficacy across call interactions on a telephone helpline. Matern Child Health J. 2018;22(12):1761–70. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2573-3. PubMed PMID: 30022400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2573-...
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2018 |
Helplines that provide 24-hour contact with specialists and nurses for women facing challenges with breastfeeding. This strategy serves for interaction about breastfeeding, building self-efficacy. |
Telephone/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
Telelactation via Mobile App: Perspectives of Rural Mothers, Their Care Providers, and Lactation Consultants(2424. Demirci J, Kotzias V, Bogen DL, Ray KN, Uscher-Pines L. Telelactation via mobile app: perspectives of rural mothers, their care providers, and lactation consultants. Telemed J E Health. 2019;25(9):853. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2018.0113. PubMed PMID: 30212280. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2018.0113...
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2019 |
(CoTelelactation via cell phone app in rural Pennsylvania. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telelactation using two-way video via personal devices has the potential to increase access to Internationally Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) in rural areas that do not have them. It is an acceptable model for rural women with limited access to in-person breastfeeding support. |
Application/video/Bond |
– Hard/Hard/ – Soft – Educational – Managerial |
Supporting, failing to support and undermining breastfeeding self-efficacy: Analysis of helpline calls(2525. Thorpe K, Danby S, Cromack C, Gallegos D. Supporting, failing to support and undermining breastfeeding self-efficacy: analysis of helpline calls. Matern Child Nutr. 2020;16(2):e12919. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12919. PubMed PMID: 32026573. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12919...
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2020 |
24-hour telephone support line for parents with Queensland nursing staff as reactive support. This reactive bonding strategy was effective in providing immediate responses at a time that may pose a risk of interruption in breastfeeding. |
Telephone/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |
Smartphone-based counseling and support platform and the effect on postpartum lactation: a randomized controlled trial(2626. Miremberg H, Yirmiya K, Rona S, Gonen N, Marom O, Pohol A, et al. Smartphone-based counseling and support platform and the effect on postpartum lactation: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2022;4(2):100543. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100543. PubMed PMID: 34871782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.10...
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2022 |
Daily smartphone-based feedback and a counseling platform between postpartum women and a multidisciplinary team. Counseling was provided via an app specifically developed by a multidisciplinary team (obstetricians, nurses, lactation counselors, and psychologist) in an attempt to assist and advise on maintaining lactation. |
Application/Bond |
– Hard/soft – Educational – Managerial |