The Development of Home Visit Model for Support Breastfeeding in the Community
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Background: Postpartum mothers discharged from the hospital. Most of them are not successful in breastfeeding. Caused by a lack of awareness, knowledge and skills in breastfeeding. Home visits are an important tool to promote breastfeeding in the community. A home visit model was developed to support exclusive breastfeeding for at least 6 months.
Objective: To develop a home visit model to support breastfeeding in the community.
Methods: As action research There are 7 processes of action: 1) Analysis of problems and needs for the development of home visit guidelines 2) Action plan and goal setting 3) Trial implementation 4) Improvement 5) Action with the home visit model 6) performance appraisal and 7) Summarizing results and forming a home visit model for postpartum mothers. The sample group was 150 postpartum mothers in the community of Ongkharak Subdistrict, Buengsan Subdistrict, Khlong Yai Subdistrict and Chumphon Subdistrict, Nakhon Nayok Province, conducted between March 1st, 2017 - February 28th, 2018. The questionnaire was used to collect data. Statistics used in data analysis were number, percentage, average.
Results: After using the home visit model to support breastfeeding in the community, it was found that the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months increased by more than 30.0 percent and the satisfaction of mothers after birth was at a high level. The best 99.5 percent
Conclusion: The development of a home visit model to support breastfeeding in this community. This model is appropriate and consistent within the context of the community. The success factor is cooperation from medical teams both in the community and the service place. As a result, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was higher and the postpartum mothers in the community were satisfied.
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