A Phase 1 interventional study of Improve Early Breastfeeding in Malnutrition, sponsored by Eminence. Completed at 1 site in Bangladesh. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 5 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-08-02.
Sponsored by Eminence · Phase 1, Interventional, and Health services research
The aim of this operational research is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two methods for capacity building of existing TBAs/CVs to improve rates of delayed cord clamping, early skin to skin contact and infant-led initiation of breastfeeding, to reduce prelacteal feeding and increase early exclusive breastfeeding in research areas of rural Bangladesh.
Suboptimal early infant feeding practices are the norm in Bangladesh, and contribute to its poor infant health and nutrition. However, the modern health services are unable to help because approximately 85% of births take place at home. The Government has begun the huge process of training the informal community traditional birth attendants (TBAs) who, along with community volunteers (CVs), deliver the majority of babies, especially in the rural areas. The proposed operations research will take place in one of the poorest rural districts. It will compare the cost effectiveness of practical training of these relatively uneducated community members, with or without supportive supervision in improving early infant feeding practices, using a cluster-randomized study design. The practices to be measured before and after on probability samples include: 1) delayed cord clamping, 2) early skin to skin contact and 3) newborn-led initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth, 4) avoidance of the traditional prelacteal feeds, and 5) exclusive breastfeeding, at least for the early months. Costs will be carefully monitored so as to compare the cost per behavior improved per infant.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Training on Early Breastfeeding Practices to front line health workers
Behavioral: Improve Early Breastfeeding
Training as well as supervision by field supervisor for six months intervention
Behavioral: Improve Early Breastfeeding
No intervention such as training or supervision
Behavioral: Improve Early Breastfeeding
One arm got only training, another arm training and supervision and third arm without any intervention as control.
Also known as: IYCFCH
Increased proportions of mothers who follow the recommended infant feeding behaviors
Practice related to early breastfeeding and cord clumping
Time frame: six months intervention
Improve practice on breastfeeding, early initiation and cord clumping .
Evaluation studies are carried out before and after six months of intervention
Time frame: six months intervention
Improved capacity of TBAs on breastfeeding counseling and knowledge.
Increase capacity of TBAs on breastfeeding counseling and knowledge.
Time frame: Six months
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