Mother-Baby Friendly Initiative Plus: An Integrated Model for Strengthening Access to Human Milk in Kenya

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: PACTR201812681228156
• Lead Sponsor: African Population and Health Research Center

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 113

Inclusion Criteria

Vulnerable neonates (very low and low birth weight, premature, and very sick neonates) born and admitted in the newborn unit in Pumwani maternity hospital.

Mothers of vulnerable neonates above 15 years of age

Mothers of vulnerable neonates (very low and low birth weight, premature and very sick neonates) born and admitted in the newborn unit in Pumwani maternity hospital.

Mothers of healthy neonates born in Pumwani maternity hospital admitted in the post-delivery or postnatal wards.

Mothers of eligible neonates who give to consent to participate in the study.

Health workers (Nurses, pediatricians, lactation managers and nutritionists) working in Pumwani maternity hospital's newborn unit and the postnatal/ post delivery wards.

Human milk bank staff.

Pumwani hospital management team ( Director of medical/health services and managers of the pediatric, maternity ward, mother and child clinic)

Policy and decision makers including the Kenya Ministry of Health officials.

Mothers who donated their breastmilk to the human milk bank and those whose children received donated human milk from the human milk bank

Exclusion Criteria

Vulnerable neonates (very low and low birth weight, premature and very sick neonates) not born in but admitted in Pumwani maternity hospital's newborn unit.

Mothers of vulnerable neonates below 15 years of age.

Mothers of vulnerable neonates (very low and low birth weight, premature and very sick neonates) not born in but admitted in Pumwani maternity hospital newborn unit.

Mothers of eligible neonates not born in Pumwani maternity hospital but admitted in the post-delivery or postnatal wards

Mothers of eligible neonates who declined to consent to participate in the study

Eligible health workers who do not consent to participate in the study

Human milk bank staff who do not consent to participate in the study

Eligible Pumwani hospital management team who do not consent to participate in the study

Eligible Policy and decision makers who decline to give consent to participate in the study

Mothers who donate their breast milk to the human milk bank and those whose children receive donated human milk from the human milk bank but decline to give consent to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exclusive breastfeeding by either mother own milk and/ or donated human milk during the hospital stay