Abstract

Direct-to-consumer telelactation is an innovative telemedicine service that connects women with remotely-located lactation consultants for breastfeeding support via personal devices. Telelactation may offer certain advantages relative to in-person support, including improved convenience and timeliness and reduced costs. Given documented unmet need for lactation support in the US, these services also have the potential to increase access to professional breastfeeding support in underserved communities; however, to date, there is no published research on use of direct-to-consumer telelactation among underserved mothers. In 2016, we began recruitment for a randomized controlled trial of …

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