Flipchart application for promoting maternal self-efficacy in breastfeeding

Objective: evaluating the effects of using a flipchart as an educational intervention in improving maternal self-efficacy inbreastfeeding. Methods: a quasi-experimental study with 41 postpartum women: Intervention Group (n = 20) and ControlGroup (n = 21) of a public hospital. The intervention consisted of implementing the flipchart “I can breastfeed my baby” inthe immediate postpartum and were contacted by telephone after 15 days. For both groups, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form was applied at baseline and after 30 days. Results: before the intervention, the intervention group was 75% withhigh self-efficacy and 71% of the mothers in the control group of had high self-efficacy. It was found that after educationalintervention, all the mothers in the intervention group showed high self-efficacy, while the percentage remained similar tobefore in the control group (76%). Conclusion: the flipchart had a positive effect on the elevation of self-efficacy in nursingmothers.