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Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services and Infant Feeding Practices

NCT06601439 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2025-08-24

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to assess household food insecurity among slum-dwelling women in India and to explore if household food insecurity is associated with maternal healthcare services utilization and infant feeding practices

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is the utilization of maternal healthcare services antenatally, during delivery, and postnatally associated with household food insecurity among slum-dwelling women in Pune, India?
2. Is household food insecurity associated with birth outcomes and infant growth in these women?

Participants will be asked:

1. For information related to socio-demographic characteristics, healthcare services utilization, food insecurity experience, dietary intake, and infant feeding indicators using a questionnaire.
2. Anthropometric measurements of the participant, her husband and her infant/s will be collected.
3. Focus group discussions (FGDs) will also be conducted to gain insight into the perceptions of these women with respect to the utilization of maternal healthcare services.

Conditions

  • Maternal Health
  • Prenatal Care
  • Feeding Patterns

Interventions

OTHER

Observational Study

Observational Study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rubina M Mandlik, PhD · Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-05
Primary Completion
2025-03-07
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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