Background: Breastfeeding consultancy to be given to parents together is of great importance to ensure that
babies are only breastfed for the first six months, increase awareness of fathers about breastfeeding and to ensure
them to provide their wives with the necessary support and motivation.
Aim: To examine the impact of training and consultancy services given to parents together on the breastfeeding
behavior.
Methods: This study was conducted as an intervention research. Sample of the research consisted of 62 parents,
31 of which constituted the intervention group while the rest (31 parents) constituted the control group.
Results: Parents’s ages, antenatal control frequency, inclusion in the control group, being fed only with breast
milk during the first six months were evaluated through the logistic regression analysis. It was determined that
parents’ ages and antenatal control frequency were not important risk factors (p>0.05), lack of training and
consultancy increases the risk of not continuing to be fed with breast milk in the first six months by 6.875 times.
Limitations: The research results can be generalized only to the sample group, studies are needed in larger
groups for generalization of the country
Conclusion: Findings of our study indicate that being included in the intervention group increased the rate of
feeding babies with only breast milk during the first six months.