Volunteer Peer Counselors Increase Breastfeeding Duration Among Rural Low‐Income Women

1998121 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Elisabeth Schäfer · Iowa State University

Abstract

A volunteer peer counseling program that provides low-income women with role models, accurate information, support, and encouragement can increase the duration of breastfeeding, and thus contribute to healthier infants.

Topics & Keywords

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Birth

Volume 25, Issue 2, pp. 101-106

DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.1998.00101.x

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