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Last refreshed on: 26 November 2012
Main ID:  NCT01428232
Date of registration: 29/08/2011
Primary sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Public title: Effectiveness of Well-child Clinics as the "Community" Basis of Step 10 of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Scientific title: Comparison of Two Clinic-based Interventions to Promote Early Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding Through 6 Months After Birth in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of first enrolment: May 2012
Target sample size: 992
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01428232
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
Congo
Contacts
Name:   Frieda Behets, Ph.D, MPH
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Affiliation:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Name:   Marcel Yotebieng, M.D, MPH, Ph.D
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Affiliation:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Name:   Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC
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Affiliation:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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 Criteria:

- refusal to participate, not speaking Lingala nor French, unable to breastfeed



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 3 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breastfeeding
Intervention(s)
Other: BFHI steps 1-9 +well-child clinic
Other: implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Primary Outcome(s)
Early initiation of breastfeeding [Time Frame: Within 1 hour of birth]
Exclusive breastfeeding rate [Time Frame: up to 6 months after birth]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Amount and type of breastfeeding support given by Health care provider to mothers [Time Frame: in the first 6 months after birth]
Episodes of diarrhea [Time Frame: in the first 6 months of life]
Episodes of Lower Respiratory Track Infection [Time Frame: in the first 6 months of life]
Number of hospitalization [Time Frame: in the first 6 months of life]
Number of mothers seeking breastfeeding help [Time Frame: in the first 6 months of life]
Partial Breastfeeding rate [Time Frame: up to 6 months after birth]
Secondary ID(s)
09-000076-AT11-123-UNC-DRC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bureau Diocésain des Œuvres Médicales de Kinshasa (BDOM), (DR, Congo)
Centre for the Coordination of Social Science Research and Documentation in Africa South of the Sahara (CERDAS) (DR,Congo)
Kinshasa School of Public Health (DR, Congo)
Ministry of Health (DR, Congo)
Salvation Army (DR, Congo)
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