Breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding: a mixed methods study of acceptability

Nicola  Crossland; Gill Thomson; Heather Morgan; Graeme MacLennan; Marion Campbell; Fiona Dykes; Pat Hoddinott

doi:10.1111/mcn.12346

Breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding: a mixed methods study of acceptability

Nicola Crossland, Gill Thomson, Heather Morgan, Graeme MacLennan, Marion Campbell, Fiona Dykes, Pat Hoddinott

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Abstract

Increasing breastfeeding rates would improve maternal and child health, but multiple barriers to breastfeeding persist. Breast pump provision has been used as an incentive for breastfeeding, although effectiveness is unclear. Women’s use of breast pumps is increasing and a high proportion of mothers express breastmilk. No research has yet reported women’s and health professionals’ perspectives on breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding.

In the [BLINDED FOR REVIEW] study, mixed methods research explored women’s and professionals’ views of breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding. A survey of health professionals across Scotland and North West England measured agreement with ‘a breast pump costing around £40 provided for free on the NHS’ as an incentive strategy. Qualitative interviews and focus groups were conducted in two UK regions with a total of 68 participants (pregnant women, new mothers, and their significant others, and health professionals) and thematic analysis undertaken.

The survey of 497 health professionals found net agreement of 67.8% (337/497) with the breast pump incentive strategy, with no predictors of agreement shown by a multiple ordered logistic regression model. Qualitative research found interrelated themes of the ‘appeal and value of breast pumps’, ‘sharing the load’, ‘perceived benefits’, ‘perceived risks’, and issues related to ‘timing’. Qualitative participants expressed mixed views on the acceptability of breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding.

Understanding the mechanisms of action for pump type, timing and additional support required for effectiveness is required to underpin trials of breast pump provision as an incentive for improving breastfeeding outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	726-739
Number of pages	14
Journal	Maternal and Child Nutrition
Volume	12
Issue number	4
Early online date	9 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12346
Publication status	Published - Oct 2016

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Funding acknowledgement
This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (10/31/02) and is published in full in Health Technology Assessment.. Further information available at: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/103102
This paper presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, MRC, CCF, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health. NIHR were not involved in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data or in the writing of the articles for publication.

Keywords

incentives
breastfeeding
breast milk expression
breast pump
acceptability

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