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Table 3 Breastfeeding outcomes at baseline (2008), 1-year post-implementation (2009), and 5 years post-implementation (2014), overall and stratified by race/ethnicity

From: The role of clinic-based breastfeeding peer counseling on breastfeeding rates among low-income patients

 

Initiation of Breastfeeding

N = 302

Exclusive Breastfeeding during admission

N = 302

All or mostly breastmilk during inpatient admission

N = 302

All or mostly breastmilk at 6 weeks post-delivery

N = 213

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p

2008

2009

2014

 

2008

2009

2014

 

2008

2009

2014

 

2008

2009

2014

 

Overall

74 (72.5)

61 (61)

75 (75)

0.32

14 (13.7)

24 (24)

32 (32)

0.02

40 (39.2)

52 (52)

57 (57)

0.04

23 (22.5)

28 (28)

25 (25)

0.68

White

9 (100)

9 (64.3)

5 (55.6)

0.08

1 (11.1)

4 (28.6)

3 (33.3)

0.51

7 (77.8)

9 (64.3)

5 (55.6)

0.61

5 (62.5)

4 (50.0)

2 (40.0)

0.72

Black

39 (73.6)

31 (64.4)

32 (69.6)

0.62

5 (9.4)

11 (22.9)

17 (37.9)

0.01

16 (30.2)

26 (54.2)

25 (54.3)

0.02

11 (33.3)

14 (37.8)

11 (40.7)

0.83

Hispanic/ Latine

21 (72.4)

17 (73.9)

30 (81.1)

0.68

6 (20.7)

7 (30.4)

10 (27.0)

0.71

14 (48.3)

14 (60.9)

22 (59.5)

0.58

6 (37.5)

6 (37.5)

8 (50.0)

0.71

Asian

2 (100)

3 (75)

4 (100)

0.44

0 (0.0)

1 (25)

2 (50)

0.46

0 (0.0)

2 (50.0)

4 (100)

0.05

0 (0.0)

3 (75.0)

3 (100)

0.14

Other

3 (100)

1 (100)

2 (100)

n/a

2 (66.7)

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.19

3 (100)

1 (100)

1 (50.0)

0.30

1 (100)

1 (100)

1 (100)

n/a