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Computer-based training program for health and care professionals involved in breastfeeding support, an intervention project that involve decision makers, professionals and care users
World Congress on Public Health and Nutrition
Zada Pajalic, Anne-Marie Lilleengen, Leena Heinonen, Aysha Hussain, Diana Saplacan, Oleg Pajalic, Vanja Berggren and Anette Ekstrom
Oslo and Akershus College of Applied Sciences, Norway
There is an urgent need to facilitate the development of more effective breastfeeding support strategies. The desired research
will focus on knowledge-based service innovation that include intervention in form of computer-based training program
aimed for training of health and care professionals involved in breastfeeding support. The intervention in the proposed study
will contribute to more effective adoption of new knowledge in healthcare organisations. Further, the proposed project will be
organised as an interdisciplinary and crosswise sectorial collaboration and will be customized at a national and international
level, by involving decision-makers, researchers, health care professionals and care users. Ambition with this project is to
contribute to increased breastfeeding frequency by increasing competence in professional support in related healthcare services
and midwife education program. There is also an urgent need for evidence based technical solutions as a professional support
for the professionals to more effectively implement new research in practice. This project will contribute health care with high
quality and resource use.
The overall aim for the project is to implement and evaluate new innovative solutions in order to improve long-term strategies
for professional support and quality of care, related to knowledge-based breastfeeding support. The design method for the
project is longitudinal randomized controlled intervention trial. The intervention will be computer-based training education
program developed in collaboration with decision-makers, professionals and researchers. Data will be gained before and
after intervention by using: Breastfeeding attitudes among counselling health professionals (An instrument based on WHO
standards was developed to measure breastfeeding attitudes), Mother-to-infant Relation and Feelings (MIRF) scale and
Mother-Perceived-Professional-Professional support (MoPPS) scale.
For successful intervention, it is important that decision-makers are involved in the research process, so that suggested changes
can be possible if they actively participate and encourage the project as well as the adoption of research results in practice.
Involvement of stakeholders in the research demand facilitation of the research process. This can enable cooperation by using
project management techniques as co-counselling and clinical reflection.
The outcome of the project will be multiple may be placed in a regional, national, international or global context. Firstly, the
project will contribute to development of knowledge-based professionals� competence with focus on to support breastfeeding
from first breastfeeding time, to minimise usage of infant formula during first week of life, longer exclusive- and predominant
breastfeeding and stronger connection between mother and child.