Table 1.
Overview of breastfeeding peer support projects
Author(s) | Year | Title* | Intervention/area explored | Combined with establishment of a support group for mothers | Provided concurrent training for health professionals |
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Anderson T, Grant M, Alexander J, Jackson D, Sanghera J | 2002 | Breastfeeding Support Group | Extension and evaluation of an existing peer support programme, ‘Bosom Buddies.’ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bachelor G, Brackstone C | 2001 | Peer breastfeeding support project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Battersby S | 2001a | ‘Simply the Breast’ Evaluation of a Peer Support Programme | Establishment of a peer support project and linkage with a neighboring ‘Wordly Wise project’ with ongoing evaluation. | ✓ | |
Battersby S | 2001b | The Worldly Wise Project | Appointment, training and evaluation of non‐professional mature women as peer supporters. | ✓ | |
Battersby S | 2002 | Breastfeeding is Best Supporters (BIBS) | Amalgamation of two peer support programmes ‘Simply the Breast’ and the ‘Worldly Wise’ project to form the ‘Breastfeeding is Best Supporters’ (BIBS) project. Ongoing evaluation conducted. | ✓ | |
Brown S, Draisey A | 2001 | Dickens Diners. | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Brown S, Clarke C, Tipton C, Lunn J | 2001 | Breastfeeding Peer Support Project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Clarke C, Gibb C, King A, O’Brien A, Sookhoo M, Sen D, Dowling G | 2002a | Peer Support in Breastfeeding | Action research study to establish and evaluate a postnatal breastfeeding peer support programme centring on the postnatal area of the maternity unit. | ✓ | |
Coutts J | 2002 | Peer breastfeeding support for teenage mothers | Establishment of a peer support programme for adolescents. | ✓ | |
Curtis P, Stapleton H, Kirkham M, Smale M | 2001 | ‘Breastfriends’ | Establishment and evaluation of peer support scheme with emphasis upon younger mothers. | ||
Dassut W, Ridgers I | 2002 | Breastfeeding Peer Support Group | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
de Waymarn S | 2002 | Breastfeeding support within Sure Start project (SWISS) | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | ✓ |
Dye J | 2001 | La Leche League Breastfeeding Peer Counsellor Programme Evaluation Project | Expansion and evaluation of a recently established peer support programme. | ||
Etherington S | 2001 | BreastFriends Project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | ✓ |
Evans G | 2002 | Breastfeeding Advocacy Project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Geaney L | 2002 | ‘One to Mum’– Peer support | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Hammond P | 2001 | Designed for Health – Breastfeeding volunteer support programme | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | ✓ |
Hodgson E, Burns I | 2001 | Peer Support Groups | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Locke J | 2001 | Mum2Mum | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Mason B | 2002 | Feeding 4 Health | Implementation and evaluation of a programme of awareness raising activities related to breastfeeding to include peer support. | ✓ | |
Rosser J | 2002 | Breastfeeding Support Group | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | ✓ |
Sikorski J, Cruise K, Raikes N | 2002 | A Study of Lay Breastfeeding Support | An experimental study to test the effectiveness of a peer support scheme in increasing breastfeeding prevalence. | ✓ | ✓ |
Suppiah C | 2002 | Breastfeeding Supporters. | Evaluation of an existing peer support programme and extension into a neighboring area. | ||
Willcocks D, Carden K | 2001 | Bumps ‘n’ Babes Project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | ✓ |
Woodward P | 2001 | Breastfeeding Supporter Project | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ | |
Woodward V | 2002 | Peer breastfeeding support at home. An evaluation of a peer breastfeeding support at home service (Practice) | Establishment and evaluation of a peer support scheme. | ✓ |
The details in this table appear, in full, in the DH evaluation report (Dykes 2003); *Place names have been removed from the project titles for ethical reasons.