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The Effect of Breastfeeding Education on Adolescent Beliefs and Attitudes: A Randomized School Intervention in the Canadian Ojibwa Community of Sagkeeng

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R2008-351 Taché Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2H 2A6.

Sagkeeng First Nation's adolescent breastfeeding educational session was evaluated using a randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The intervention group received the session first; the control group received the session following the posttest. A retention test to measure overall retained learning was given to all students 10 days later. Breastfeeding beliefs increased (± SD = 41.9 to 47.0, P= .0047) from pretest to posttest for intervention subjects but not for controls. There were no changes in bottle-feeding beliefs or breastfeeding attitudes. There was an increase in breastfeeding beliefs from pretest to retention test for all students (true treatment effect [TTE] = .85 standard deviation units [SDU], P= .004). Learning was gender specific, with females experiencing increases in breastfeeding beliefs (TTE = 1.12 SDU, P= .004), decreases in bottle-feeding beliefs (TTE = –.77 SDU, P= .04), and a trend to increased breastfeeding attitudes (TTE = .41 SDU, NS). Males showed small, inconsistent learning effects. Learning occurred in the areas of health, convenience, cost, and decreased embarrassment.

Key Words: First Nation community • aboriginal • Native American • breastfeeding • knowledge • school intervention • bottle feeding • teen • randomized controlled trial

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 17, No. 3, 245-255 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/089033440101700308


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