Early Postpartum Home Visits to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding in the Rural Areas of Taiwan: Collaboration of the Trained Physician and Health Educator

台灣鄉村地區產後早期家庭訪視對提昇純母乳哺餵率之成效探討：醫師與衛教師的合作計畫

10.3966/168232812013092303001

王中川(Jhong-Chuan Wang)；呂佳蓁(Chia-Chen Lu)；楊茹惠(Ru-Huei Yang)；康美玉(Mei-Yu Kang)；吳淑儀(Shu-Yi Wu)；黃芷苓(Chih-Ling Huang)

exclusive breastfeeding ； home visit ； physician ； health educator

台灣家庭醫學雜誌

23卷3期（2013 / 09 / 01）

107 - 119

英文

目的：探討於台灣鄉村地區，針對產後出生5-7天新生兒之母親，透過醫師與衛教師合作進行家庭訪視，是否提高產後第八周之純母乳哺餵率。方法：本研究為前瞻性的非隨機之雙組試驗研究，研究對象來自某區域教學醫院，共有960位參與者。以產後出院當日，產婦願意接受家庭訪視為實驗組（551人），其他者為控制組（409人）。實驗組產婦接受醫師與衛教師的家庭訪視與衛教，控制組產婦接受一般照護，兩組產婦皆接受衛教師於產後一及二個月的電話諮詢服務。結果：實驗組於第八周的純母乳哺餵率高於控制組（61.0% vs. 47.9%; p ＜ 0.001），且哺餵母乳的平均週數大於控制組（mean 6 weeks vs. 5 weeks）。以Cox回歸模型調整其他影響因素後，實驗組產婦中止純餵母乳的相對危險比率低於控制組產婦（AHR: 0.8; 95% CI: 0.65-0.98; p = 0.03）。結論：本研究提供了初步結果，在台灣鄉村地區實施醫師和衛教師合作提供純母乳哺餵的支持計畫是有效的。我們建議未來的政策，在純母乳哺餵率較低的農村和偏遠地區可發展醫師與衛教師共同合作的多面向措施。

Purposes: The aim of the this study was to determine whether home visit from a trained physician and a health educator within 5 to 7 days after delivery would increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate at 8 weeks postpartum in a rural region of central Taiwan. Methods: The study was a prospective, nonrandomized, two-group trial. Participants were recruited at a regional teaching hospital. A total of 960 mothers who had delivered a healthy singleton infant were recruited on the day of discharge and purposively assigned, by the agreement of eligible mothers, to the intervention (n = 551) or control (n = 409) group. The mothers in the intervention group received an individual, early postpartum home visit from a physician and a health educator within 5 to 7 days after delivery. The mothers in the intervention and control groups received telephone counselling provided by a health educator at 4 weeks and 8 weeks postpartum. Results: Mothers in the intervention group were more likely to report exclusive breastfeeding at 8 weeks (61.0% vs. 47.9%; p ＜ 0.001) and longer breastfeeding duration (mean 6 weeks vs. 5.1 weeks). In the Cox hazards regression model, the adjusted hazard ratios (AHR) of exclusive breastfeeding discontinuation in the intervention group were .8 times less than in the control group (95% CI: 0.65-0.98; p = 0.03). Conclusion: This study provides preliminary evidence of the efficacy of exclusive breastfeeding support provided by a trained physician and a health educator in rural areas of Taiwan. We recommend that policy aiming to develop multifaceted interventions involves physicians and health educators in rural and remote areas where breastfeeding prevalence is low.

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