Strengthening Babies Through Mobile Health
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 582
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 2 months of age
研究概览
简要总结
This study will evaluate whether sending educational and supportive mobile phone text messages to mothers of infants, from babies' day of birth until 6 months of age, increases the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Roatan, Honduras.
详细描述
Encouraging and educational text messages and animations were created based on barriers to breastfeeding found during preceding focus groups and a baseline survey. Messages were written in English and translated into Spanish, with back-translation to ensure accuracy. Mothers who plan to or are already breastfeeding will be recruited and invited to participate in the study in the post-partum ward after delivery at Public Hospital Roatán. Written informed consent will be obtained. Three animated videos will be shown to mothers at enrollment providing information regarding breastfeeding technique, breastfeeding encouragement and general breastfeeding information. SMS messages will start at time of enrollment and continue through six months after enrollment. Messages will be delivered through Telerivet, an SMS interactive platform designed to send the educational and motivational messages to mothers' cell phones.
The intervention group will be polled when infants turn two months, four months, and six months regarding their infant feeding practices through Telerivet via SMS messaging. The primary outcome of this study is exclusive breastfeeding at 2 months of age, as compared to the exclusive breastfeeding rate obtained in our baseline cross sectional survey. Exclusive breastfeeding will be defined as giving only mother's breastmilk in the 24 hours preceding the interview. Mothers will also be asked if they are breastfeeding at all, age of infant when they last gave breast milk, the incidence of diarrheal illness in the past two weeks, and any other foods / liquids given to infant.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Recently delivered full term infants (>37 weeks gestation, less than 72 hours old)
- •18 years of age or older, or emancipated minor, or if parent able to consent if <18 years of age
- •Intent to breastfeed
- •Own a phone that can receive SMS messages
- •Able to send SMS reply messages
排除标准
- •Mothers who report they can not read in Spanish nor English
结局指标
主要结局
Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 2 months of age
时间窗: 2 months after date of enrollment
Proportion of infants exclusive breastfeeding at 2 months of age. Exclusive breastfeeding defined as only breastmilk in the 24 hours preceding data collection
次要结局
- Infant feeding practice at 6 months of age(6 months after date of enrollment)
- Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 4 months of age(4 months after date of enrollment)
- Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age(6 months after date of enrollment)
- Breastfeeding rate at 4 months of age(4 months after date of enrollment)
- Breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age(6 months after date of enrollment)
- Diarrheal disease at 2 months of age(2 months after date of enrollment)
- Diarrheal disease at 4 months of age(4 months after date of enrollment)
- Diarrheal disease at 6 months of age(6 months after date of enrollment)
- Infant feeding practice at 2 months of age(2 months after date of enrollment)
- Infant feeding practice at 4 months of age(4 months after date of enrollment)