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Effect of Breastfeeding Education and Support Intervention on Timely Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding

NCT03030651 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 469

Last updated 2019-03-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and test Breastfeeding Education and Support Intervention for improving timely initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding rate.

Infant mortality rates are still high in Ethiopia. Breastfeeding (BF) is regarded as the simplest and least expensive strategy for reduction of infant mortality rates. Ethiopia does not meet the international recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life. Community-based educational and support interventions provided prenatally and postnatally are effective in increasing BF rates. However, there is paucity of such information in Ethiopia.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding, Exclusive
  • Nutrition Status

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Breastfeeding Education and Support

Women Development Army (WDA) leaders will function as peers for mothers in intervention group. There will be two visits during pregnancy and 8 visits postnatally. During pregnancy, WDA leaders will cover in detail the importance of EBF, feeding colostrum first, and discouraging prelacteal foods and encourage the mother to deliver at the nearby health center. During Postnatal visits, mothers will be observed positioning, attaching, and feeding the new-born, with appropriate feedback provided, solving any BF problems, encourage the mothers to continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, emphasize nutrition for sufficient breast milk to breastfeed successfully and hands-on guidance only when necessary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Jimma University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeanette H. Magnus, PhD · University of Oslo

  • Atle Fretheim, PhD · University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-08
Primary Completion
2018-09-08
Completion
2018-09-08

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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