“…However, the use of some of these interventions is controversial, as the evidence base is weak, and studies conducted on both term and preterm infants have shown negative effects, such as reduced breastfeeding self‐efficacy and shorter duration of breastfeeding (Geraghty, Khoury, & Kalkwarf, ; Jiang et al, ; Keemer, ; Kronborg, Foverskov, Nilsson, & Maastrup, ). Evaluations of interventions for breastfeeding the LPT infants have mainly been conducted in NICU settings with LPT infants as a part of a preterm population and without comparison with term infants or LPT infants in maternity wards (Cartwright, Atz, Newman, Mueller, & Demirci, ).…”