Feeding practices in Guatemalan infants: Adherence to the WHO recommendations and barriers to their implementation.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20693

Enrollment

380

Registered

2012-01-30

Start date

2011-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Early feeding practices, exclusive breastfeeding, morbidity, stunting

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 0 to 5 months; 2. Full-term infant; 3. No congenital anomalies or chronic illness; 4. Mother willing to sign the study consent form; 5. Currently breastfeeding.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pre-mature infant (defined as born more than four weeks pre-term); 2. Had siblings who were already participants; 3. Had congenital anomalies or chronic illness; 4. Failed to sign the study consent form.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self reported feeding practices and morbidity incidence (collected by face-to-face interviews) and growth (based on measurements of mother and child).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Rates of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding rates.	—

Contacts

Public ContactMarieke Vossenaar

Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM) 17 Avenida # 16-89 (interior), Zona 11 (Anillo Periferico)

mvossenaar@hotmail.com+502-24733942

Outcome results