Breastfeeding - a Good Start Together

"The core of the intervention is a trustful relation between the health visitor and the families based on principles of needs based communication. Health visitors will enhance parents' action competence based on breastfeeding self-efficacy, focusing on parents' wishes and needs.~The breastfeeding support includes four main messages: joint parenting task, skin-to-skin contact, frequent breastfeeding, and good positioning.~Training of health visitors includes e-learning and a two-day course with physical attendance. Supportive materials are developed including communicative support tools and a web-page providing support and knowledge when the health visitor is off hours.~All families in intervention sites accepting the health visitor program will receive the improved breastfeeding support. Families in the high-risk group are offered an intensified intervention with close follow-up by telephone in planned time-intervals, thus a higher dose of the intervention."