Is it mandatory that we use the ‘Loving Support through Peer Counseling™ curriculum’ to train breastfeeding peer counselors? Can we use another peer counseling curriculum?
State agencies that accept breastfeeding peer counseling funds can use any peer counseling training curriculum they wish as long as they ensure that the training curriculum includes the research-based components of a successful peer counseling program as presented in both Using Loving Support to Manage Peer Counseling Programs and Loving Support Through Peer Counseling. We are aware that there are other excellent training curricula currently available to WIC State agencies—in fact, in addition to a review of the literature, much of the research base for development of the “Loving Support” peer counseling curricula comes from those existing curricula/programs. WIC State agencies should assess any peer counseling training curricula they intend to use to train peer counselors against the “Loving Support” curricula and enhance or modify their training programs, if needed, to include the research-based components presented in the “Loving Support” training. Peer counselors that have been tra
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