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Saving Brain in Uganda and Burkina Faso

NCT01882335 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2013-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will estimate the effect of peer-counseling for exclusive breast feeding (EBF) in the first 6 months of life on cognition and other determinants of human capital formation including behavioral and emotional status; school readiness and attainment; health status; fine and gross motor skills; physical growth; and household economic status.

Conditions

  • Poor Performance Status
  • Neurologic Deficits
  • Mixed Behavior and Emotional Disorder
  • Malnutrition
  • Infections, Hospital

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer support for exclusive breastfeeding

Pregnant women were identified and randomized to peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in clusters. They were followed up for 6 months post delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Muraz

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Bergen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Makerere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James K Tumwine, PhD · Makerere University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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