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A Mobile-health Pilot Experiment Targeting Mothers With Newborns in Rural Areas of San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala

NCT02263118 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-07-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to m-health platforms promoting recommended breastfeeding practices was effective in transmitting the exclusive breastfeeding message to participant mothers, and in improving weight evolution of infants.

Conditions

  • Exclusive Breastfeeding
  • Co-production of Health in Communities

Interventions

OTHER

Uni-directional SMS

Exposure to breastfeeding promoting SMSs

DEVICE

Feature phone

Participants were given a feature phone.

OTHER

Virtual communities

Exposure to virtual community communication via SMS

OTHER

Hybrid setup

Exposure to virtual community and access to communications with health professional via SMS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ecole Polytechnique, France

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The SHM Foundation, UK

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universidad Francisco Marroquín

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jorge Tulio Rodriguez, MD · Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala

  • Jose Tomas Prieto · Ecole Polytechnique, France; Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

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