Lisa Dyson

TL;DR: There is strong evidence that short periods of kangaroo skin-to-skin contact increased the duration of any breastfeeding for 1 month after discharge, and limited evidence suggests that cup feeding (versus bottle feeding) may increase breastfeeding at discharge and reduce the frequency of oxygen desaturation.

TL;DR: EHR point-of-care trials are feasible, although the recruitment of clinicians is a major challenge owing to the complexity of trial approvals, and Good Clinical Practice guidelines, governance and consent procedures were found to have substantially affected the intended simple nature of the trials.

TL;DR: From the studies identified, there seems to be no single way that consistently achieves changes in breast feeding duration and it seems that UNICEF/WHO Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFI) training might have the potential to influence breast feedingduration.

TL;DR: Evaluated interventions that may promote or inhibit breastfeeding/breastmilk feeding for infants admitted to neonatal units included kangaroo skin-to-skin contact, simultaneous milk expression, peer support in hospital and community, multidisciplinary staff training, and Unicef Baby Friendly accreditation of the associated maternity hospital.

TL;DR: It is shown that health education and peer support interventions can result in some improvements in the number of women beginning to breastfeed, and it is suggested that larger increases are likely to result from needs-based, informal repeat education sessions than more generic, formal antenatal sessions.