Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project: Infant Feeding

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding, Exclusive; Food Security; Breastfeeding; Infant Nutrition; Vulnerable Population; Complementary Feeding
• Interventions: Other: Infant feeding questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT03400605
• Lead Sponsor: University of Toronto

Brief Summary

In Toronto Ontario, the Parkdale Community Health Centre operates a community outreach program entitled Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's). The 5P's provides weekly pre- and post-natal support and education programs for clients. This includes an infant feeding program for mothers with infants 0-6 months (Feeding Tiny Souls). The 5P's has a diverse client-base; the program is aimed at women who are in challenging life circumstances, therefore, clients may include low-income or single mothers and newcomers to Canada.

The aim of this project is to investigate the incidence, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding and timely complementary feeding based on level of maternal participation in components of a pre and postnatal community outreach program. Exploring infant feeding practices is an evaluation component that will not only characterize infant feeding practices within a vulnerable population, but will elucidate whether there are areas of concern that need to be expanded upon within pre or postnatal programming. A prospective infant feeding questionnaire will be administered to participants at 2 weeks and at 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum. The study population will consist of women who enrolled in 5P's prenatally. The hypothesis is that exclusive breastfeeding rates will be low, but higher breastfeeding rates will be observed among women who utilize provided postnatal services more readily.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-17
• Study First Submitted: 2017-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-12
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-17
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-13
• Study Completion: 2020-10-13
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 203

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) prenatally
• Enrolled prenatally in 5P's as of August 17, 2017 onwards

Exclusion Criteria

• Only enrolled in Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) postnatally
• Unavailable to participate in infant feeding questionnaire by telephone or in-person during 5P's programming

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Program Clients	Infant feeding questionnaire	Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) clients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exclusive breastfeeding as assessed by responses to an infant feeding questionnaire	birth to 6 months postpartum	Reported exclusive breastfeeding from birth to 6 months in response to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breastfeeding initiation as assessed by responses to an infant feeding questionnaire administered at 2 weeks postpartum	birth to 2 weeks postpartum	Reported started breastfeeding at birth in response to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire
Vitamin and mineral supplementation as assessed by responses to an infant feeding questionnaire administered at 2 weeks and 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum	birth to 6 months	Reported provision of vitamin or mineral supplementation to infants from birth to 6 months in response to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire
Types of complementary foods introduced as assessed by responses to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire administered at 2 weeks and 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum	birth to 6 months	Reported types of foods introduced to infants from birth to 6 months in response to an infant feeding questionnaire
Introduction of complementary foods as assessed by responses to an infant feeding questionnaire administered at 2 weeks and 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum	birth to 6 months	Reported timing of the introduction of complementary foods from birth to 6 months in response to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire
Breastfeeding duration as assessed by responses to an infant feeding questionnaire administered at 2 weeks and 2, 4 and 6 months postpartum	birth to 6 months	Reported length of breastfeeding from birth to 6 months in response to a prospective infant feeding questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Parkdale Community Health Centre; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada