NOurishing Start for Health (NOSH)

Conditions

Neighbourhood levels of breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks Pregnancy and Childbirth

Nana Anokye, Kathryn Coyle, Clare Relton, Stephen J. Walters, Mark Strong et al. (6 authors)

Archives of Disease in Childhood2019-08-2314 citations

10.1136/archdischild-2018-316741

Effect of Financial Incentives on Breastfeeding

Clare Relton, Mark Strong, Kate Thomas, Barbara Whelan, Stephen J. Walters et al. (14 authors)

JAMA Pediatrics2017-12-1166 citations

10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4523

Cluster randomised controlled trial of a financial incentive for mothers to improve breast feeding in areas with low breastfeeding rates: the NOSH study protocol

Clare Relton, Mark Strong, Mary J. Renfrew, Kate Thomas, Julia Burrows et al. (14 authors)

BMJ Open2016-04-0116 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010158

Interventions

Neighbourhoods in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 1. Neighbourhoods offer NOSH scheme to new mums 2. Neighbourhoods d

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All neighbourhoods in Chesterfield, Rotherham and Sheffield which report mean 6-8 week breastfeeding rates of =40% in the previous four quarters

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All neighbourhoods in Chesterfield, Rotherham and Sheffield which report mean 6-8 week breastfeeding rates greater than 40% in the previous four quarters

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in neighbourhood level 6-8 week breastfeeding rate from the baseline (previous 12 months breastfeeding) rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Area level 1. Duration of breastfeeding (BF), BF intention, BF initiation, BF at discharge, BF at 3/12, BF at 6/12 (any BF vs exclusive BF where available) 2. Hospital visits: in-patient days, out-patient visits 3. Conditions: SIDs, coeliac, otitis media, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) Individual level 1. Healthcare providers/ commissioners/ funders/policy makers views on the intervention and the completeness and accuracy of 6-8 week BF data 2. Eligible mums in study neighbourhoods - their Health Related Quality of life (as measured by EQ-5D), Life satisfaction score and their awareness of the intervention (NOSH Scheme) and their views on & experience of the intervention 3. Eligible babies in study neighbourhoods: the incidence of infections (ear, chest, GI), eczema, constipation. 4. Delivery of the intervention: Number of enquiries, applications, claims, concerns	—

Measure

Time frame

Area level 1. Duration of breastfeeding (BF), BF intention, BF initiation, BF at discharge, BF at 3/12, BF at 6/12 (any BF vs exclusive BF where available) 2. Hospital visits: in-patient days, out-patient visits 3. Conditions: SIDs, coeliac, otitis media, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) Individual level 1. Healthcare providers/ commissioners/ funders/policy makers views on the intervention and the completeness and accuracy of 6-8 week BF data 2. Eligible mums in study neighbourhoods - their Health Related Quality of life (as measured by EQ-5D), Life satisfaction score and their awareness of the intervention (NOSH Scheme) and their views on & experience of the intervention 3. Eligible babies in study neighbourhoods: the incidence of infections (ear, chest, GI), eczema, constipation. 4. Delivery of the intervention: Number of enquiries, applications, claims, concerns

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed