Will Your Breastfeeding Intervention Make a Difference? What the Lactation Consultant Needs to Know About Program Evaluation

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Labbok MH , Krasovec K . Towards consistency in breastfeeding definitions. Stud Fam Plann. 1990;21:226-230.

Martens PJ . A risk indicator for early cessation of breastfeeding: postpartum measures of satisfaction and reported breastfeeding problems. Curr Issues Clin Lact. 2000:37-41.

Martens PJ . Increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration at a community level: an evaluation of Sagkeeng First Nation's community health nurse and peer counsellor programs. J Hum Lact. 2002;18:236-246.

Grembowski D . The Practice of Health Program Evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2001.

Fitz-Gibbon CT , Morris LL . How to Design a Program Evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage; 1987.

Campbell DT , Stanley JC . Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 1963.

Cook TD , Campbell DT . Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 1979.