Table 1 Breastfeeding training program
| First session |
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Objective: • Consultation and counselling to get mothers familiar with methods of breastfeeding premature infants Training content: • Counselling about different breastfeeding methods • Defining natural and artificial breastfeeding Second session Objective: • Counselling to get mothers familiar with several conventional definitions and explanations in breastfeeding Training content: • Defining exclusive breastfeeding • Reasons for breast infection in the postpartum period • Reasons for infants’ diarrhoea in artificial nutrition Third session Objective: • Counselling to get mothers familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of natural and artificial feeding of premature infants Training content: • Advantages of natural breastfeeding • Wrong reasons for starting artificial breastfeeding by mothers and describing its complications Fourth session Objective: • Counselling to get mothers familiar with correct techniques of breastfeeding in premature infants Training content: • Reasons for using natural breastfeeding • Mentioning correct breastfeeding techniques, explaining them, and correctly implementing them by mothers Fifth session Objective: • Review of the content and conclusion Training content: • Reasons for using natural breastfeeding • Mentioning correct breastfeeding techniques, explaining them, and correctly implementing them by mothers |