None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: One-to-one counselling on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices: Two sessions of One-to-one counselling on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices will be given to
Sponsors
Dr Urmimala Maiti
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children belonging to the age group of one and half to three and half months who will be coming to the Urban Health Training Centre at Ghazipur for vaccination. 2. Mothers who are already breastfeeding, or on predominant breastfeeding
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Mother is on anti-neoplastic, immuno-suppressant or anti-psychotic medications. 2. Mother not accompanying the child. 3. Child appearing very sick. 4. Child suffering from congenital malformations like cleft palate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Proportion of mothers practicing six months of exclusive breastfeeding in the group receiving infant feeding counselling and the control group. 2. Proportion of mothers practicing timely initiation of complementary feed in the counselling and control groupTimepoint: 6 to 7.5 months from the date of recruitment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of mothers practicing minimum dietary diversity in both the groupsTimepoint: 6 to 7.5 months;Proportion of mothers practicing minimum meal frequency in both the groupsTimepoint: 6 to 7.5 months;Proportion of underweight children in the two groupsTimepoint: 6 to 7.5 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Urmimala Maiti
University College Of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi
Outcome results
None listed