Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding

Summary

The Task Force concludes that there is good evidence to recommend providing structured antepartum educational programs and postpartum support to promote breastfeeding initiation and duration (A recommendation); fair evidence to recommend peer counseling to promote initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. (B recommendation); good evidence to recommend against providing written materials alone to promote breastfeeding. (D recommendation); insufficient evidence to make a recommendation regarding advice by primary caregivers to promote breastfeeding. (I Recommendation); good evidence to recommend against providing commercial discharge packages to new mothers. (E recommendation); no new evidence of compelling quality to overturn the earlier published A level recommendation in favour of rooming in and early maternal contact.