Parent Infant Feeding Initiative: a study to enhance breastfeeding duratio

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: breastfeeding duration; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Breast feeding

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000605695
• Lead Sponsor: Curtin University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1600

Inclusion Criteria

For couples to be eligible to participate they must own a ‘Smart’ phone and have internet access, reside within WA, both partners must intend to participate in the rearing of their child and there are no existing medical conditions in the mother that are likely to inhibit the initiation of breastfeeding or exclusive breastfeeding.

Exclusion Criteria

Couples don't own a ‘Smart’ phone nor have internet access, don't reside within WA, both partners don't intend to participate in the rearing of their child, couples are same sex and there are existing medical conditions in the mother that are likely to inhibit the initiation of breastfeeding or exclusive breastfeeding.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of any breastfeeding<br>[At six and 26 weeks after birth participants will self-report by telephone follow-up call or self-completion of an online questionnaire, designed specifically for this study. ];Duration of exclusive breastfeeding<br>[At six and 26 weeks after birth participants will self-report by telephone follow-up call or self-completion of an online questionnaire, designed specifically for this study.]