Does prenatal breastfeeding skills group education increase the effectiveness of a comprehensive breastfeeding promotion program?

Fifty-nine of 422 post-intervention women were included in a sixth intervention: prenatal group educational sessions emphasizing the skills necessary to initiate and maintain breastfeeding past the neonatal period. A significantly higher percentage of this subset of women were fully breastfeeding at 6 months compared with those who received only the five basic interventions (80% and 65%, respectively). The effect was greater among primiparous women. The study concludes that prenatal group education with hands-on skills reinforcement is a significant and additive component of breastfeeding support, especially among those who have no previous breastfeeding experience.