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NCT Number: NCT01352351

Linking Microcredit, Technology, and Promotion of IYCF Breastfeeding Guidelines in Bauchi State, Nigeria

The University of North Carolina (UNC) and Partners for Development (PFD), an American non-governmental organization, will conduct a 2-year cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bauchi State, Nigeria, to test the effectiveness of two behavior change strategies for increasing the proportion of participants who exclusively breastfeed their infants until 6 months. The investigators will build upon PFD's existing microcredit and reproductive health program by adding face-to-face breastfeeding education during borrowers' meetings and bi-weekly cell phone breastfeeding messages. The hypothesis is that the control group will remain at the baseline level for exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months, while the intervention group will increase by 15%. The investigators will measure the effectiveness of the intervention by conducting baseline and final surveys with a cohort of 485 female borrowers who are pregnant at time 1 and who have a 6-month-old infant at time 2. The data will be analyzed using logistic regression adjusting for possible confounders and the effect of clustering.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Feeding Exclusive Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior Initiation of Breastfeeding

Age range

15 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Participation in a microcredit borrower group sponsored by Partners for Development in Bauchi, Dass, or Ganjuwa Local Government Authority in Bauchi State, Nigeria
  • Female (15-45 years)
  • Pregnant at baseline

Exclusion criteria

  • Female (<15 years)
  • Not pregnant

Treatment and study plan

Breastfeeding promotion intervention

Behavioral
  • Breastfeeding counseling during monthly microcredit meetings
  • Weekly cell phone messages about breastfeeding

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed to 6 months

    Time frame: The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed for 0-1 month

    Time frame: The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old.

  2. Proportion of women who exclusively breastfeed for 2-3 months

    Time frame: The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old.

  3. Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth

    Time frame: The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old.

  4. Proportion of infants who receive pre-lacteal feeds

    Time frame: The outcome will be measured when the infant is 6-7 months old.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Other

Collaborators

  • Partners for Development
  • The Alive & Thrive Small Grants
  • University of California, Davis

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
May 11, 2011
Registry last updated
Feb 8, 2013

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