Effectiveness of an Early Intervention on Infant Feeding Practices and “Tummy Time”

Abstract

To assess the effectiveness of a home-based early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time" for infants in the first year of life. Design: Randomized controlled trial with follow-up measures scheduled at 6 and 12 months.

Early childhood nutrition, active outdoor play and sources of information for families living in highly socially disadvantaged locations

“…Supported Playgroups families also experienced more difficulties accessing, understanding and applying child health information. Unlike other similar studies within socially disadvantaged locations in Australia, we targeted families from culturally diverse backgrounds and mothers with low educational attainment.…”

Early childhood nutrition, active outdoor play and sources of information for families living in highly socially disadvantaged locations

“…Supported Playgroups families also experienced more difficulties accessing, understanding and applying child health information. Unlike other similar studies within socially disadvantaged locations in Australia, we targeted families from culturally diverse backgrounds and mothers with low educational attainment.…”

Starting Early: Obesity Prevention during Infancy

“…The intervention group also had a higher proportion of mothers still breastfeeding at 12 months, but there were no differences between treatment and control on duration or proportion of exclusive breastfeeding. Nevertheless, these results are promising, and in a subsequent larger trial targeting socially and economically disadvantaged families, results were consistent with those from the pilot study [22].…”

Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion Interventions on Child Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Overall, there was a significant reduction in the odds of respiratory illness at 0–3 months following EBF interventions but not at 4–6 months or at the latest available time point. The inconsistent effects of EBF interventions on respiratory infection in different studies [11, 13, 16, 28, 31] are similar to those reported by Kramer and Kakuma [4] and contrast with previous studies that consistently show strong protective effects of BF per se against respiratory infection [52]. This might suggest that promotion of BF rather than focusing specifically on EBF could yield larger benefits in reducing respiratory infection, although this was not addressed in our meta-analysis.…”

Early childhood nutrition, active outdoor play and sources of information for families living in highly socially disadvantaged locations

“…Supported Playgroups families also experienced more difficulties accessing, understanding and applying child health information. Unlike other similar studies within socially disadvantaged locations in Australia, we targeted families from culturally diverse backgrounds and mothers with low educational attainment.…”

Starting Early: Obesity Prevention during Infancy

“…The intervention group also had a higher proportion of mothers still breastfeeding at 12 months, but there were no differences between treatment and control on duration or proportion of exclusive breastfeeding. Nevertheless, these results are promising, and in a subsequent larger trial targeting socially and economically disadvantaged families, results were consistent with those from the pilot study [22].…”

Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion Interventions on Child Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Overall, there was a significant reduction in the odds of respiratory illness at 0–3 months following EBF interventions but not at 4–6 months or at the latest available time point. The inconsistent effects of EBF interventions on respiratory infection in different studies [11, 13, 16, 28, 31] are similar to those reported by Kramer and Kakuma [4] and contrast with previous studies that consistently show strong protective effects of BF per se against respiratory infection [52]. This might suggest that promotion of BF rather than focusing specifically on EBF could yield larger benefits in reducing respiratory infection, although this was not addressed in our meta-analysis.…”

Early childhood nutrition, active outdoor play and sources of information for families living in highly socially disadvantaged locations

“…Supported Playgroups families also experienced more difficulties accessing, understanding and applying child health information. Unlike other similar studies within socially disadvantaged locations in Australia, we targeted families from culturally diverse backgrounds and mothers with low educational attainment.…”

Starting Early: Obesity Prevention during Infancy

“…The intervention group also had a higher proportion of mothers still breastfeeding at 12 months, but there were no differences between treatment and control on duration or proportion of exclusive breastfeeding. Nevertheless, these results are promising, and in a subsequent larger trial targeting socially and economically disadvantaged families, results were consistent with those from the pilot study [22].…”

Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion Interventions on Child Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Overall, there was a significant reduction in the odds of respiratory illness at 0–3 months following EBF interventions but not at 4–6 months or at the latest available time point. The inconsistent effects of EBF interventions on respiratory infection in different studies [11, 13, 16, 28, 31] are similar to those reported by Kramer and Kakuma [4] and contrast with previous studies that consistently show strong protective effects of BF per se against respiratory infection [52]. This might suggest that promotion of BF rather than focusing specifically on EBF could yield larger benefits in reducing respiratory infection, although this was not addressed in our meta-analysis.…”