Does additional support for breastfeeding help women to continue breastfeeding? Evidence Update, Maternal Health Series, August 2008.

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from Britton C, McCormick FM, Renfrew MJ, Wade A, King SE. Support for breastfeeding mothers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001141.

Support provided by professionals or lay people increases the duration of breastfeeding.

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, 2 pp.

Does additional support for breastfeeding help women to continue breastfeeding? Evidence Update, Maternal Health Series, August 2008.

Published 1 January 2008