Ringing Up about Breastfeeding: A randomised controlled trial exploring early telephone peer support for breastfeeding (RUBY) - trial protocol

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Davey, Mary Ann ^a   Amir, Lisa H ^a   Gold, Lisa ^c   Small, Rhonda ^a   Mortensen, Kate ^d   Moorhead, Anita M ^b   Grimes, Heather A ^a   McLardie Hore, Fiona E ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Australian Breastfeeding Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding rates; Exclusive breastfeeding; Peer support; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; METHODOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84947649172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-177     Document Type: Article

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