Telephone-based peer support increased the duration of breast-feeding in primiparous mothers.

Setting 2 semi-urban community hospitals near Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Patients 258 in-hospital, primiparous, breastfeeding women who were ≥ 16 years of age, were able to speak English, had a singleton birth at ≥ 37 weeks of gestation, and were accessible by a local telephone call. Exclusion criteria were factors that could seriously interfere with breast feeding (eg, serious maternal illness or infant congenital abnormality) or prenatal enrolment with the participating volunteer breast feeding organisation. 256 women (99%) completed the trial and were included in the analysis. Most (75%) were between 25 and 34 years of age.