Community support
Extra breastfeeding support was offered at weekly group meetings to the
clinic clients and any interested lactating or pregnant family, without
previous registration. This activity also provided opportunities for
breastfeeding-counseling practical training.
We offered collaboration to local BMSG and made publicly available a
list of local resources for breastfeeding families.
Assessment
We assessed the clinic activities by registering and analyzing the
demand for services, the variation of breastfeeding status from
“entry” to “discharge” (data were registered prospectively and
analyzed with Chi-2 test (Social Science Statistics, 2018)), the
mothers’ sense of breastfeeding goals achievement, and the families’
satisfaction with services. Costs were evaluated in comparison with
other hospital outpatient clinics’ costs. We analyzed the outreach of
the training program among HPs and pre-post tests were used to assess
learning outcomes (results not shown). The number and type of activities
within the community were registered and analyzed. Global impact would
be assessed with a second population based survey.