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Education And Enhanced Support To Improve Breastfeeding Success: A Quality Improvement Project In A Rural Community, Amberlyn Kay Gentry
Education And Enhanced Support To Improve Breastfeeding Success: A Quality Improvement Project In A Rural Community, Amberlyn Kay Gentry
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Abstract
Problem Description: Breastfeeding continuation rates fall below the Healthy People 2020 goal of 60.6% for any breastfeeding at six months postpartum. In Navajo County, Arizona the breastfeeding rate for WIC participants was 36.9%. Breastfeeding provides health benefits to babies and women and decreased health care costs. A quality improvement project was developed and implemented with a pilot group of participants in a rural Northeastern Arizona community.
Interventions: After a thorough literature review, four interventions were selected. These included: development of a community health coalition, prenatal breastfeeding education, administration of a new baby tea event, and extended support …