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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2025 May;36(3):232-242.
doi: 10.1177/10436596241297983. Epub 2024 Nov 18.

The Effect of Breastfeeding Education to Immigrant Mothers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Breastfeeding Success: A Randomized Control Study

Sibel Serap Ceylan  1 , Elmas Güner  2 , Züleyha Keskin  2 , Selim Ceylan  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Breastfeeding Education to Immigrant Mothers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Breastfeeding Success: A Randomized Control Study

Sibel Serap Ceylan et al. J Transcult Nurs. 2025 May.

Abstract

Introduction: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of education given to immigrant mothers on breastfeeding success of mothers.

Method: The randomized-controlled, single-blind study was conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit of a state hospital in Turkey. The Mother-infant information form, Nutrition monitoring form, and LATCH Assessment Tool were used to collect the study data.

Results: In the study, the mean LATCH score of the mothers in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group (P < .05). It was determined that the breastfeeding duration of the mothers in the experimental group was longer, and the number of infants fed exclusively by breastfeeding was higher in the last follow-up (P < .05).

Discussion: It was found that breastfeeding education positively affected the breastfeeding success of immigrant mothers. This study reveals the positive effects of health education programs designed for immigrants on immigrant health.

Keywords: breastfeeding; education; immigrant; neonatal intensive care; randomized control study.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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