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EFFECTIVENESS OF BABY FRIENDLY HEALTH INITIATIVE ON BREASTFEEDING PRACTICE AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOME IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Effectiveness of baby friendly health initiative on breastfeeding practice and infant health outcome in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202503857823185
Enrollment
384
Registered
2025-03-31
Start date
2025-04-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Implimentation of Baby friendly health initiative
Routine care

Sponsors

Jimma University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Health centers that provide maternal and child health services will be included to the study Mothers who have no mental illness, have no plan to change residence, gave for single birth, term birth, no medical complications, and without congenital abnormalities that could interfered breastfeeding will be included to the study Maternity nurses/midwives who have been working at least for the last six month at study facility will be included for intervention provision

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Health centers that fulfill the inclusion criteria but are found between the intervention and control group will be excluded in order to decrease contamination of intervention/information. Mothers with sudden newborn mortality, sudden maternal death, and those mothers refuse will be exclusion criteria from the study Maternity nurses/midwives who have plan to leave or transfer out from the facility due to any reason will be excluded from intervention provision

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Early initiation of breastfeeding will be assessed within the first one hour after mother give birth ;Exclusive breastfeeding practice

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
infant health outcome

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactMisra Abdulahi

Jimma university Ethiopia

misra_ab@yahoo.com+251912010293

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026