Health Care for Women International, 36:711–729, 2015
Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN: 0739-9332 print / 1096-4665 online
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.900060
Engaging Community With Promotores de
Salud to Support Infant Nutrition and
Breastfeeding Among Latinas Residing in Los
Angeles County: Salud con Hyland’s
BRITT RIOS-ELLIS
Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training,
National Council of La Raza; and Department of Health Science, California State University
Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA
SELENA T. NGUYEN-RODRIGUEZ
Department of Health Science, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach,
California, USA
LILIA ESPINOZA
Department of Health Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California,
USA
GINO GALVEZ and MELAWHY GARCIA-VEGA
Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training,
National Council of La Raza, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California,
USA
The Salud con Hyland’s Project: Comienzo Saludable, Familia Sana
[Health With Hyland’s Project: Healthy Start, Healthy Family],was
developed to provide education and support to Latina mothers re-
garding healthy infant feeding practices and maternal health. The
promotora-delivered intervention was comprised of two charlas (ed-
ucational sessions) and a supplemental, culturally and linguisti-
cally relevant infant feeding and care rolling calendar. Results
indicate that the intervention increased intention to breastfeed ex-
clusively, as well as to delay infant initiation of solids by 5 to 6
months. Qualitative feedback identified barriers to maternal and
Received 15 October 2012; accepted 27 February 2014.
Address correspondence to Gino Galvez, Long Beach Center for Latino Community
Health, Evaluation, and Leadership Training, National Council of La Raza, California State
University Long Beach, 6300 State University Drive, Suite 125, Long Beach, CA 90815, USA.
E-mail: galvez.gino@gmail.com
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