Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)

Michael S. Kramer; Beverley Chalmers; Ellen Hodnett; Zinaida Sevkovskaya; Irina Dzikovich; Stanley H. Shapiro; Jean‐Paul Collet; Irina Vanilovich; I Mezen; Thiérry Ducruet; George Shishko; V. K. Zubovich; D Mknuik; E Gluchanina; Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy; A Ustinovitch; Tamara Kot; Natalia Bogdanovich; L Ovchinikova; Elisabet Helsing; for the PROBIT Study Group

doi:10.1001/jama.285.4.413

Abstract

Our experimental intervention increased the duration and degree (exclusivity) of breastfeeding and decreased the risk of gastrointestinal tract infection and atopic eczema in the first year of life. These results provide a solid scientific underpinning for future interventions to promote breastfeeding.

Keywords

BreastfeedingMedicineBreastfeeding promotionPediatricsBreast feedingRandomized controlled trialIntervention (counseling)Observational studyFamily medicineEnvironmental healthNursingSurgeryInternal medicine

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 285
Issue: 4
Pages: 413-413
Citations: 1528
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                                    Michael S. Kramer, 
                                
                                    Beverley Chalmers, 
                                
                                    Ellen Hodnett
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT). 
                            JAMA
                            , 285
                            (4)
                            , 413-413.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.4.413
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.4.413