To study the impact of education support on essential newborn care on infant feeding behavior in women with one or more living children.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: Z00-Z99- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/04/065078
• Lead Sponsor: Hitarth

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1. Multigravida women admitted in Lady Goshcen hospital for safe confinement, who undergo normal vaginal delivery.

2. Single intra-uterine gestation.

3. Women more than 18 years of age.

4. Women with at least 1 live born child

5. Women literate in kannada.

6. Women willing to bring their child to RAPCC hospital at 6 months.

7. Women with access to smart phone.

8. Neonates which are tern and AGA.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women who exclusively breastfed their infants till 6 months in their previous pregnancies.

2. Women not willing to breastfeed or have contraindication to breastfeeding.

3. Women with post-partum complications requiring ICU admissions.

4. Women who have already received education on essential new born care via flip-charts or videos in previous pregnancies.

5. Neonates with gross congenital malformations.

6. Neonated requiring NICU admission.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Baseline and retention knowledge of the 3 study groups will be assessed with the help of a pre-test and a post-test questionnaire respectively, and the percentage of knowledge enhanced in each group will be assessed using Friedmans testTimepoint: Baseline knowledge will be assessed on 24 hours after delivery and retention knowledge will be assessed at 6 months after the delivery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Type of feeding practiced will be recorded in the proforma and the infant feeding pattern over 6 months will be summarised as numbers and proportions using appropriate tables and figures.Timepoint: Type of feeding will be recorded at 2, 4 and 6 months of age.;Weight, length and head circumference of the infants will be recorded and plotted on the WHO Growth chart, and will be assessed using ANOVA test.Timepoint: The anthropometric measures will be recorded at birth and then 6 months of life.