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Breastfeeding Education For Adolescent Mothers, Emily Osgood
Breastfeeding Education For Adolescent Mothers, Emily Osgood
Nursing Masters
Purpose: The WHO, AAP, and DHHS recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued supplementary breastfeeding until two years of age. Breastfeeding initiation and duration rates are low worldwide, particularly among the adolescent population. The national initiation rate for teen mothers is only 43%, as compared to their adult counterparts at 73.9%; and at six months, only 19% of those teenagers were still breastfeeding.
The objective of this research project is to develop a prenatal educational program geared toward the adolescent population at a local community hospital.
Study Design and Methods: This breastfeeding educational program was …