Nurit Harari|Marjorie S. Rosenthal|Valerie Bozzi|Lori Goeschel|Teshika Jayewickreme|Chukwuma Onyebeke|Michele K. Griswold|Rafael Pérez?Escamilla
Feasibility and acceptability of a text message intervention used as an adjunct tool by WIC breastfeeding peer counsellors: The LATCH pilot
Indian Health Service|Robert Wood Johnson Foundation|Yale University|Yale New Haven Hospital|Connecticut Department of Public Health|Harvard University|University of Pennsylvania|University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School|Yale New Haven Health System
breastfeeding rates among mothers supplemental nutrition program women infants children wic lower mothers united states objective study test acceptability feasibility lactation advice thru texting help intervention mothers enrolled 1830 weeks gestation two wic breastfeeding peer counselling pc programmes intended breastfeed unlimited text messaging fifthgrade literacy level fluency english spanish participants randomized control arm pc support without texting intervention arm pc support texting twoway texting intervention provided breastfeeding education support peer counsellors primary outcomes included early postpartum pp contact exclusive breastfeeding ebf rates 2 weeks pp feasibility outcomes included text messaging engagement mothers satisfaction texting platform fiftyeight women enrolled 52 available intentiontotreat analysis n 30 texting n 22 control contact mothers pcs within 48 hr delivery greater texting group 866 vs 273 p 001 ebf rates 2 weeks pp among participants texting intervention 50 versus 318 control arm p 197 intervention group mothers tended likely meet breastfeeding goals p 06 participants highly satisfied lactation advice thru texting help intervention findings suggest may improve early postdelivery contact increase ebf rates among mothers enrolled wic receive pc large multicentre trial feasible warranted