Volunteers’ experiences of providing telephone-based breast-feeding peer support in the Ruby randomised controlled trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15095502 |
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| Authors | HA Grimes (0000-0002-8753-590X, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Touran Shafiei (0000-0002-7363-0519, La Trobe University), HL McLachlan (La Trobe University), DA Forster, D J Forster (Royal Women's Hospital) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 3005-3015 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s136898002000124x |
| PMID | 32600489 |
| OpenAlex | W3040308546 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Objective: The Ringing Up About Breastfeeding earlY (RUBY) randomised controlled trial (RCT) found that a telephone-based peer volunteer support intervention increased breast-feeding duration in a setting with high breast-feeding initiation. This sub-study of the RUBY RCT describes the motivation, preparation and experiences of volunteers who provided the peer support intervention. Design: An online survey was completed by 154 (67 %) volunteers after ceasing volunteering. Setting: Volunteers provided peer support to primiparous women ( n 574) who birthed at one of three public hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, between February 2013 and December 2015. Participants: Volunteers ( n 230) had themselves breastfed for at least 6 months and received 4 h of training for the role. Results: The median number of mothers supported was two (range 1–11), and two-thirds of respondents supported at least one mother for 6 months. Volunteers were motivated by a strong desire to support new mothers to establish and continue breast-feeding. Most (93 %) considered the training session adequate. The majority (60 %) reported following the call schedule ‘most of the time’, but many commented that ‘it depends on the mother’. Overall, 84 % of volunteers were satisfied with the role and reported that the experience was enjoyable (85 %) and worthwhile (90 %). Volunteers agreed that telephone support for breast-feeding was valued by women (88 %) and that the programme would be effective in helping women to breastfeed (93 %). Conclusions: These findings are important for those developing similar peer support programmes in which recruiting volunteers and developing training requirements are an integral and recurrent part of volunteer management
Breast feeding · Breastfeeding · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling · Peer support · Physical therapy · Randomized controlled trial · Telephone call · Volunteer · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
Peer support within a health care context
Scaling Up of Breastfeeding Promotion Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Narrative review of models and success factors for scaling up public health interventions
Breastfeeding in the 21st century
Better reporting of interventions
Peer support for postpartum depression
Peer supporters’ experiences on an Australian perinatal mental health helpline
Availability of breastfeeding peer support in the United Kingdom
The Three-Stage Model of Volunteers' Duration of Service
Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Social Connectedness as Mediators of the Relationship Between Volunteering and Well-Being
The Abce Model of Volunteer Motivation
Factors influencing the reasons why mothers stop breastfeeding
Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers
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