Status:
COMPLETED
Adolescent Mothers, Grandmothers, Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Conditions:
Breastfeeding
Weaning
Eligibility:
FEMALE
12-19 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether counseling sessions on breastfeeding for adolescent mothers and their grandmothers in the maternity ward and at home are effective in to improve the e...
Detailed Description
Despite the recognized value of exclusive breastfeeding during the first months of a child's life and efforts for promoting this practice, rates for this pattern of breastfeeding in Brazil are below t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adolescent mothers
- Mothers living in the city of Porto Alegre
- Healthy nontwin newborns with birth weight equal or greater than 2500g
Exclusion
- Mothers living with mother-in-law
- Mother-infant pairs that were unable to stay together due to a health concern in either the mother or infant
- Mammaplasty reductive
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
344 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00910377
Start Date
May 1 2006
End Date
January 1 2009
Last Update
May 29 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90035-903