Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Maternal and Child Health
Conditions
Interventions
Usual care
HOME Trial
Sponsors
Izuchukwu Loveth Ejie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women between the ages of 18 to 50 years in their second trimester living in the catchment areas intending to stay for the next one year at the time of the study. 2. Pregnant women willing to give informed consent able to comply with scheduled visits and other study procedures.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women attending the ante-natal clinic at the time of the study who are mentally unstable, critically ill or refused to give their informed consent to participate in the study. 2. Nursing mothers with infants that have medical conditions such as cerebral palsy or physical disability and mothers and infants whose physician had recommended formula feeding due to breastfeeding contraindications because of the mothers' health condition (e.g., positive T-cell lymphotropic virus, untreated brucellosis, varicella, H1N1 influenza).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exclusive breastfeeding to six months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of delivery. ;Use of only colostrum or breast milk in the first 3 days of of life. ;Children's mean birth weight. ;Exclusive breastfeeding to one and three months. ;Changes in child weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) ;Changes in child height-for-age z-score (HAZ);Mothers’ and study personnels’ experiences, facilitating, and limiting factors associated with the intervention.;Maternal Knowledge, attitude and practice before intervention;Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice after intervention;Intention to practice EBF | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactIzuchukeu Ejie
Lecturer II
Outcome results
None listed