Health Condition 1: null- Mothers registered at the antenatal clinic at 32- 36 weeks gestation
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Breast Feeding counseling by cell phone: Intervention will be delivered to the women in the intervention cluster starting in pregnancy and until their child is 26 weeks to finally evalu
Sponsors
Alive Thrive throgh Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women registered at the antenatal clinic at 32-36 weeks gestation and planning to deliver and follow up in the same hospital and till 1 week after 6 months of infants age. 2.Absence of illness that will interfere with EBF like severe anemia (Hb 6); eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, mother needing medicine for which breastfeeding is contraindicated and HIV positivity 3. Those who consent 4. living in catchment area of 20 km from hospital.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those ANCs who do not satisfy inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in the percentage of women exclusively breastfeeding (breast milk and no other foods or milk based liquids) their infants at 24 weeks.Timepoint: At Base line (32nd - 36th week) and follow-up visits as under 1. One week after enrollment 2. 24hours after delivery 3. 6th week after delivery 4. 10th week after delivery 5. 14th week after delivery 6. 24th week after delivery 7. 26th week after delivery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Changes in % of a)women with TIBF b)women bottle feeding at all visits c) children introduced solid, semi-solid or soft foods at 24 wks measured at 26 wks 2.Differences in % of children receiving prelacteal feeds after delivery 3.Growth velocity 4.Change in hospitalization or mortality of the infant due to any cause, after delivery to 26 wks. 5.Cost data 6.Adherence to scheduled visits & infant immunization 7. Discontinued participant Timepoint: At Base line (32nd - 36th week) and follow-up visits as under 1. One week after enrollment 2. 24hours after delivery 3. 6th week after delivery 4. 10th week after delivery 5. 14th week after delivery 6. 24th week after delivery 7. 26th week after delivery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Archana Patel
Professor & Head of Pediatrics Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Nagpur
Outcome results
None listed