Clinically Integrated Breastfeeding Peer Counseling to Promote Breastfeeding Equity

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify whether adding clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling (ci-BPC) to standard lactation care is associated with a reduction in disparities in breastfeeding intensity and duration for Black and Hispanic/Latine families.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

18–45 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Interventions

• Behavioral
  Ci-BPC with Standard of Care (SOC)

  Clinically-integrated breastfeeding peer counseling (ci-BPC) is a practice that, supports the patient and the clinical care team by delivering culturally-appropriate breastfeeding help to motivate breastfeeding initiation, intensity, and duration, inspiring confidence for patients to set breastfeeding goals and meet them. ci-BPC is delivered by community health workers who have breastfed an infant, and have received basic training in breastfeeding support through a qualified BPC training organization. For this project, the Peer Counselor will make initial contact to patients randomized into the treatment arm via phone to schedule the Intake Encounter between 20 and 30 weeks gestation. Subsequently, each patient will receive a minimum of 3 additional encounters which can occur virtually or in-person. Patients randomized to the ci-BPC arm are additionally offered access to a "warmline" where messages will be returned by the next business day.

Locations (4)