A Mobile-health Pilot Experiment Targeting Mothers With Newborns in Rural Areas of San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala, in the Context of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín
- Enrollment
- 100
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With Changes in Knowledge
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to m-health platforms promoting recommended breastfeeding practices was effective in transmitting the exclusive breastfeeding message to participant mothers, and in improving weight evolution of infants.
Investigators
José Tomás PRIETO, PhD
Dr. Jose Tomas Prieto
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Has a baby of less than 4 months of age OR is in her 8th month of pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
- •Cannot read
- •Does not have a newborn
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With Changes in Knowledge
Time Frame: December 2013 - May 2014, 23 weeks
Specifically, we were interested in: the number of participants who switched from an incorrect to a correct knowledge regarding exclusive breastfeeding during the experiment (learned the message); the number of participants who had a correct knowledge but switched to an incorrect one during the experiment (forgot the message); the number of participants who had an incorrect knowledge and kept it until the end of the experiment (continued to be unaware); the number of participants who had a correct knowledge and kept it until the end of the experiment (remembered the message).
Secondary Outcomes
- Qualitative Nature of Health-related Text-messages(December 2013 - May 2014, 23 weeks)
- Number of Text-messages Exchanged in Virtual Communities(December 2013 - May 2014, 23 weeks)
- Mean Change in Weight-for-Age Z-score(Baseline at December 2013 and 23 weeks later in May 2014)