Status:
COMPLETED
Using Mobile Phone Text Messaging System to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate in a Resource-poor Caribbean Island
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Davis
Collaborating Sponsors:
Public Hospital Roatan, Honduras
University of California, San Francisco
Conditions:
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding, Exclusive
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 b...
Detailed Description
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...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
Exclusion
- Mothers who report they can not read in Spanish nor English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 28 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 10 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
582 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03853850
Start Date
September 28 2017
End Date
November 10 2019
Last Update
March 3 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Public Hospital Roatan
Coxen Hole, Roatan, Honduras