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Impact of a Mobile Health Breastfeeding Counseling Intervention for Employed Mothers in Kenya

NCT05618288 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 284

Last updated 2022-11-16

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Summary

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is critical for child survival, growth, and maternal health; however, over half of mothers in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Mobile health (mHealth) describes a range of wireless technologies and techniques that seek to increase patient access to and interaction with preventive health services. This study will develop and test the feasibility of an mHealth intervention to improve support counseling for breastfeeding at a large sub-county referral hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mobile Health Breastfeeding Counseling

a phone-based breastfeeding counseling intervention, delivered by labor and delivery nurses, nutritionists, and maternal and child health nurses.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of care breastfeeding counseling

The ongoing antenatal, delivery and postnatal breastfeeding and lactation counseling that is provided by the Naivasha sub-County Referral Hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kenya Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wheaton College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Scott B Ickes · Wheaton College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-01-30
Completion
2028-06-30

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