Fariba Khayyati, Majid Mansouri.
The effect of training movies on exclusive breastfeeding.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;25(3):434-8.

Objectives: There have been a lot of studies about the interventions affecting breastfeeding, but the efficacy of training and educational movies has not yet been proved. This survey compares the efficacy of training movies versus common method of face-to-face training in health care centers. Methodology: This was a single blind randomized controlled trail. Participants were selected and allocated randomly. In addition to the routine face to face trainings presented by health workers, the intervention group members got a training movie including important breastfeeding points and the way of doing that. The participants were evaluated by blinded investigator at sixth birth month. Results: From all samples, 118 mothers (50.2%) were doing exclusive breastfeeding; 7(3%) didn’t practice breastfeeding and 202 mothers (85.9%) at least had the experience of 6 months of breastfeeding. There wasn’t any difference in exclusive breastfeeding among these two groups (p>0.05). Two hundred twenty five participants (95.7%) did overnight breastfeeding and there was not any significant statistical difference in two groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: This survey’s findings and the conclusion of mentioned facts demonstrate that using training movies alone can not help to increase exclusive breastfeeding and decrease its problems; however face to face training can be very effective and training movies shouldn’t replace live and direct counselling.

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