Implementing a successful proactive telephone breastfeeding peer support intervention: volunteer recruitment, training, and intervention delivery in the RUBY randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Heather A. Grimes (Author), Helen L. McLachlan (Author), Della A. Forster (Author), Fiona McLardie-Hore (Author), Kate Mortensen (Author), Touran Shafiei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The RUBY randomised controlled trial demonstrated the benefit of proactive telephone peer support in promoting breastfeeding continuation in a setting with high breastfeeding initiation, where typically this is difficult to achieve. This paper describes the implementation and del...