Table 2 Ranked Helpfulness of Proposed Resources for All Participants
Mean | ± | SD | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parents receive free lactation education during pregnancy to help prepare mothers to breastfeed | 61.3 | ± | 19.8 | 92 |
Mothers receive free lactation support by lactation consultants when their babies are born | 59.2 | ± | 20.2 | 97 |
Health insurance and Medicare pay for pasteurized donor milk | 56.3 | ± | 21.5 | 83 |
Pasteurized donor milk is sold at discounted rates | 54.8 | ± | 17.1 | 84 |
Pasteurized donor milk is free | 54.0 | ± | 20.7 | 83 |
Health insurance and Medicare pay for imported, commercially available infant formulas and not just U.S. brands | 55.3 | ± | 20.1 | 87 |
Health insurance and Medicare pay for all U.S., commercially available infant formula brands | 56.8 | ± | 18.6 | 85 |
Parents can choose to use any commercially available infant formula brand without restrictions by health insurance or Medicare | 55.6 | ± | 20.4 | 86 |
Measures are created to prevent customers from stockpiling infant formula from stores | 53.6 | ± | 19.8 | 91 |
Mothers receive free lactation support by lactation consultants to help them relactate | 55.7 | ± | 20.3 | 84 |
Online videos that help explain how to relactate are freely accessible | 55.0 | ± | 19.9 | 82 |
Information that lists where infant formula can be purchased in stores is available online | 55.8 | ± | 18.7 | 93 |
Information that describes which brands are similar and meet each baby’s unique health needs is available online | 59.7 | ± | 19.1 | 87 |
Recipes on making homemade infant formula designed by infant nutrition experts are available online | 57.8 | ± | 18.8 | 79 |