Breast Feeding Exclusive, Initiation of Breastfeeding
Conditions
Keywords
Breast feeding Exclusive, Initiation of breastfeeding
Brief summary
The University of North Carolina (UNC) and Partners for Development (PFD), an American non-governmental organization, will conduct a 2-year cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bauchi State, Nigeria, to test the effectiveness of two behavior change strategies for increasing the proportion of participants who exclusively breastfeed their infants until 6 months. The investigators will build upon PFD's existing microcredit and reproductive health program by adding face-to-face breastfeeding education during borrowers' meetings and bi-weekly cell phone breastfeeding messages. The hypothesis is that the control group will remain at the baseline level for exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months, while the intervention group will increase by 15%. The investigators will measure the effectiveness of the intervention by conducting baseline and final surveys with a cohort of 485 female borrowers who are pregnant at time 1 and who have a 6-month-old infant at time 2. The data will be analyzed using logistic regression adjusting for possible confounders and the effect of clustering.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBreastfeeding promotion intervention
* Breastfeeding counseling during monthly microcredit meetings * Weekly cell phone messages about breastfeeding
Sponsors
University of California, Davis
Partners for Development
The Alive & Thrive Small Grants
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
15 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participation in a microcredit borrower group sponsored by Partners for Development in Bauchi, Dass, or Ganjuwa Local Government Authority in Bauchi State, Nigeria * Female (15-45 years) * Pregnant at baseline
Exclusion criteria
* Female (\<15 years) * Not pregnant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed to 6 months | The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed for 0-1 month | The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old. |
| Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed for 2-3 months | The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old. |
| Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth | The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old. |
| Proportion of infants who receive pre-lacteal feeds | The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old. |
Outcome results
None listed