Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Well-child Clinics as the "Community" Basis of Step 10 of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
Kinshasa School of Public Health (DR, Congo)
Centre for the Coordination of Social Science Research and Documentation in Africa South of the Sahara (CERDAS) (DR,Congo)
Conditions:
Breastfeeding
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 3 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A cluster-randomized controlled trial will be conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo to compare rates of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding between mothers who give birth in hospitals...
Detailed Description
If at least 90% of children were exclusively breastfed for the first 6-months of life, the potential reduction in mortality that can be achieved will be higher than for any other interventions with su...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- mothers of healthy infants being discharged from participating maternities who intend to attend well-baby clinic visits in the same health care facilities until the child will be at least 6 months
Exclusion
- refusal to participate, not speaking Lingala nor French, unable to breastfeed
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
992 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01428232
Start Date
May 1 2012
End Date
February 1 2013
Last Update
April 25 2017
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Ksph/Unc-Drc
Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Republic of the Congo