CompletedNot Applicable

Providing Peer Mother Support Through Cell Phone and Group Meetings to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kenya

Kenya823 participantsStarted 2011-06

Plain-language summary

This behavioural support intervention trial will investigate the potential to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates in an urban Kenyan community through peer mother support delivered either by cell phone or through group meetings. It will follow a cohort of more than 800 women attending antenatal care at a large public hospital, and compare indicators of breastfeeding and infant and maternal health between groups receiving one or other type of peer mother support. The main part of the study will test the primary hypothesis that peer group and cell phone based support can both increase rates of EBF at 3 months by 20% relative to a control group.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 45 Years

SexFEMALE

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

Inclusion criteria

✓. attending antenatal care services at the target facility;
✓. confirmed pregnant by a health care worker;
✓. 24-32 weeks gestation at enrollment;
✓. competency in KiSwahili or English (or both)
✓. current resident of Nakuru municipality and expecting to reside there for the next 6 months;
✓. intend to breastfeed their newborn;
✓. self-report of any condition preventing the subject from breastfeeding (excluding HIV infection)
✓. no history of mental illness

What they're measuring

exclusive breastfeeding

Timeframe: 3 months post partum

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01385410

SponsorUniversity of Toronto

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-10

View on ClinicalTrials.gov More Breastfeeding trials