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NCT Number: NCT00910377

Adolescent Mothers, Grandmothers, Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding

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 exclusive and total breastfeeding rates during the first six month, as well as the convenient timing of supplementary feeding introduction.

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Key information

Conditions

Breastfeeding Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior Weaning

Age range

12 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

About this study

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 those recommended by the World Health Organization(WHO), which advocates exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months. The last national survey about the prevalence of breastfeeding revealed a median duration of 10 months. However , the length of exclusive breastfeeding was only 23 days.

A lot of studies identified maternal age as predictor of breastfeeding. In African, Asian, Latin American and the Pacific societies, older women, or grandmothers,traditionally have considerable influence on decisions related to maternal and child health at the household level.

Considering all that, interventions intended to increase frequency of breastfeeding, particularly exclusive breastfeeding. However, there are few studies on this subject.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adolescent mothers
  • Mothers living in the city of Porto Alegre
  • Healthy nontwin newborns with birth weight equal or greater than 2500g

Exclusion criteria

  • 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

Treatment and study plan

Counseling Sessions

Behavioral

The intervention groups received counseling sessions about breastfeeding and complementary feeding at maternity ward and at home with 7,15,30,60 and 120 days.

Other names: Group one- no grandmother and no intervention, Group two- no gradmother and with intervention, Group three - with grandmother and no intervention, Group four- with grandmother and with intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Frequency of exclusive and total breastfeeding

    Time frame: First year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pattern of complementary feeding

    Time frame: one year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Intervention About Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding in Adolescent Mothers and Their Grandmothers

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2009
First posted
May 29, 2009
Registry last updated
May 29, 2009

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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