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The Ife South Breastfeeding Project: training community health extension workers to promote and manage breastfeeding in rural communities.
Bull World Health Organ. 1997; 75(4):323-32.BW

Abstract

Reported are the results of a project to promote exclusive breastfeeding in rural communities through the training of community health extension workers in rural Nigeria. A workshop for the trainers was organized for health workers in the study area; subsequently, these trainers ran district-level training workshops. In the study area perinatal facilities, early initiation of breastfeeding has increased compared with those in the control area (P < 0.001). Also, the trained health workers had significantly better knowledge about breastfeeding than their untrained colleagues in both the study (P < 0.001) and control areas (P < 0.001), and more often recommended timely initiation and exclusive breastfeeding than the controls (P < 0.001). A multivariate analysis showed that the training programme and the study area were the only significant variables that were predictors of breastfeeding knowledge (P < 0.001). Appropriate education of health extension workers can therefore contribute significantly to the promotion of breastfeeding in rural communities.

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Davies-Adetugbo AA
Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria.
Adebawa HA
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultBreast FeedingCommunity Health WorkersFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNigeriaOdds RatioPrimary Health CareRural PopulationSoftware

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9342891

Citation

Davies-Adetugbo, A A., and H A. Adebawa. "The Ife South Breastfeeding Project: Training Community Health Extension Workers to Promote and Manage Breastfeeding in Rural Communities." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 75, no. 4, 1997, pp. 323-32.
Davies-Adetugbo AA, Adebawa HA. The Ife South Breastfeeding Project: training community health extension workers to promote and manage breastfeeding in rural communities. Bull World Health Organ. 1997;75(4):323-32.
Davies-Adetugbo, A. A., & Adebawa, H. A. (1997). The Ife South Breastfeeding Project: training community health extension workers to promote and manage breastfeeding in rural communities. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 75(4), 323-32.
Davies-Adetugbo AA, Adebawa HA. The Ife South Breastfeeding Project: Training Community Health Extension Workers to Promote and Manage Breastfeeding in Rural Communities. Bull World Health Organ. 1997;75(4):323-32. PubMed PMID: 9342891.
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