Providing Peer Mother Support Through Cell Phone and Group Meetings to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kenya

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breastfeeding
• Interventions: Behavioral: Peer mother support for continued exclusive breastfeeding

• Registration Number: NCT01385410
• Lead Sponsor: University of Toronto

Brief Summary

This behavioural support intervention trial will investigate the potential to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates in an urban Kenyan community through peer mother support delivered either by cell phone or through group meetings. It will follow a cohort of more than 800 women attending antenatal care at a large public hospital, and compare indicators of breastfeeding and infant and maternal health between groups receiving one or other type of peer mother support. The main part of the study will test the primary hypothesis that peer group and cell phone based support can both increase rates of EBF at 3 months by 20% relative to a control group.

Detailed Description

The general objective was to assess whether participation from late pregnancy through to 3 months postpartum in bi-weekly cell phone based peer support (CPS) or monthly peer-led support groups (PSG) can increase adoption and duration of EBF amongst low-income women in Kenya served by a nationalized BFHI certified hospital above benchmarks achieved with current approaches and standard of care by existing facility-based support (SOC).

The study aimed to reach the following specific objectives related to message delivery on EBF:

assess the feasibility of two innovative approaches (CPS and PSG) to deliver extended postnatal peer support for EBF by women in an urban, low-income country setting; compare the effectiveness of these two innovative approaches to existing facility-based support; and compare the relative effectiveness of each type of peer support intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-06-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-06-29
• Study First Posted: 2011-06-30
• Primary Completion: 2012-10
• Study Completion: 2013-01
• Status Verified: 2013-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 2013-10-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 823

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CPS, cell phone based peer support	Peer mother support for continued exclusive breastfeeding	Cell phone base peer mother support for continued exclusive breastfeeding
PSG, group meeting based peer support	Peer mother support for continued exclusive breastfeeding	Group based peer Cell phone base peer mother support for continued exclusive breastfeeding

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
exclusive breastfeeding	3 months post partum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nakuru Provincial General Hospital; 🇰🇪 Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya