Effect of a hospital-based maternal counselling guide on exclusive breastfeeding practices in Anambra State, Nigeria: A cluster-randomized controlled trial (HOME Trial)

Izuchukwu Loveth Ejie0 sites288 target enrollmentAugust 30, 2021

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 30, 2021

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

Female

Sponsor

Izuchukwu Loveth Ejie

•1\. Pregnant women between the ages of 18 to 50 years in their second trimester living in the catchment areas intending to stay for the next one year at the time of the study.
•2\. Pregnant women willing to give informed consent able to comply with scheduled visits and other study procedures.

•1\. Pregnant women attending the ante\-natal clinic at the time of the study who are mentally unstable, critically ill or refused to give their informed consent to participate in the study.
•2\. Nursing mothers with infants that have medical conditions such as cerebral palsy or physical disability and mothers and infants whose physician had recommended formula feeding due to breastfeeding contraindications because of the mothers' health condition (e.g., positive T\-cell lymphotropic virus, untreated brucellosis, varicella, H1N1 influenza).