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Effects of an online social network on promoting and supporting breastfeeding

Effects of an intervention to promote and support for breastfeeding through social maternal online network

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-78nwbg
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2016-12-27
Start date
2016-08-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Exclusive breastfeeding

Interventions

The mother and child that meet the inclusion criteria and take part in the study will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: control or intervention by numbers generated by computer. The control g
Behavioural

Sponsors

Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 49 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Mothers in the postpartum period that use the online social network Facebook; can read and write.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Illiterate mothers; under the age of 18; seropositive for HIV or other diseases that contraindication to breastfeeding; premature fetuses; low weight; twin; congenital problems to prevent suckling at the breast.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Increased frequency of exclusive breastfeeding in the intervention group, for 6 months of follow-up of mother and child through a telephone interview.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of exclusive breastfeeding in the intervention and control groups in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth month of follow-up of the mother-child binomial through a telephone interview.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactDébora Cavalcanti

Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley

deborasec@gmail.com+55(83)3216-7679

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)