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The article presents a study which describes the self-reported reasons for discontinuing breastfeeding among women who are receiving peer counseling support by participant characteristics and timing of discontinuation. Data were collected from 7942 participants who discontinued breastfeeding while enrolled at a peer counseling breastfeeding support program from 2005 to 2011. The study concludes that peer counselors are in a unique position to offer breastfeeding education and encouragement.

The article presents a study which intends to describe program participants and breastfeeding duration in a PC program based on the timing of enrollment and breastfeeding status at program exit. A secondary analysis of data was conducted from low-income women through chi-square tests, analysis of variance, and logistic regression. Results suggests the advantage for counselors to direct fewer resources to later postnatal enrollees and focus on supporting women at high risk.

A quiz concerning breastfeeding cessation at a peer counseling breastfeeding support program is presented.