Breastfeeding counseling based on formative research at primary healthcare Services in Mexico

Table 6 Changes in EBF according to main obstacle

	EBF Intervention		EBF Control		Negative Attitudes	% Disagreement Post- Intervention^a
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Item	Intervention	Control
Pain	43	72	50	13	8	80	40
BF in public	67	89	67	33	2	72.5	45
Work	33	100	0	0	7	65	12.5
PIM	0	50	17	33	12	82.5	52.5

BF Breastfeeding
^a % Disagreement (strongly and just disagree) reported to the corresponding “Negative Attitude” item, after the intervention. For example for pain, 80% of mothers in the intervention group Disagreed with item 8: “BF causes pain” compared to 40% in the control group

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