Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project: Focus Groups & Interviews

NCT03305406 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 34482-2
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In Toronto Ontario, the Parkdale Community Health Centre operates a community outreach program entitled Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's). The 5P's provides weekly pre- and post-natal support and education programs for clients. This includes an infant feeding program for mothers with infants 0-6 months (Feeding Tiny Souls). The 5P's has a diverse client-base; the program is aimed at women who are in challenging life circumstances, therefore, clients may include low-income or single mothers and newcomers to Canada. The overall goal of this research is to optimize the existing 5P's program. Program acceptability is an essential component of the process evaluation to understand the experiences of mothers and the perceived supports and barriers of the program. Specifically, the aim of this project is twofold: 1) to investigate the perceptions and experiences of accessibility of a postnatal community program and 2) to explore the perceptions of, and attitudes toward, a community infant feeding program offering lactation consultant and breast pump resources. This study will use a qualitative approach by way of semi-structured focus groups and interviews. The study population will consist of women who enrolled in 5P's prenatally and have delivered their infant. This will include women who did and did not continue to participate in the postnatal program and/or Feeding Tiny Souls after delivery. The investigators will specifically seek women who participated in the prenatal program, but did not take part in the postnatal program and/or Feeding Tiny Souls to understand why participants did not access these resources and gather information on their views of these postnatal program components. The hypothesis is that the postnatal community program is a source of support for clients, but that it needs to be expanded to include more clients and the infant feeding program is an important support for helping clients to provide breast milk to their infant.

Conditions

Breastfeeding; Breast Pumping; Infant Nutrition; Vulnerable Population

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Perceptions of, and attitudes toward, a community infant feeding program offering lactation consultant and breast pump resources as assessed by group responses to targeted probes during postnatal focus groups and interviews

  Qualitative summary of perceptions and attitudes regarding a community infant feeding program

  60 minutes (participants are 1-14 months postpartum)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Perceptions and experiences of accessibility of a postnatal community program as assessed by group responses to targeted probes during postnatal focus groups and interviews

  60 minutes (participants are 1-14 months postpartum)

Study Arms (2)

Focus Group Participants

Semi-structured focus groups

Other: Focus groups

Interview Participants

One-on-one interviews

Other: Interviews

Interventions

Focus groups OTHER

Focus groups will be conducted to gather information on clients view of a community support program focusing on healthy infant nutrition

Focus Group Participants

Interviews OTHER

Interviews will be conducted to gather information on clients view of a community support program focusing on healthy infant nutrition

Interview Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Clients enrolled in the Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) at the Parkdale Community Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled in Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) prenatally
• Delivered their infant between June 1, 2016 and August 16, 2017

You may not qualify if:

• Unavailable to participate in a focus group or interview
• Only attended Parkdale Parents' Primary Prevention Project (5P's) postnatally

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Toronto: lead

Study Sites (1)

Parkdale Community Health Centre

Toronto, Ontario, M6R 3B2, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Francis J, Mildon A, Stewart S, Underhill B, Tarasuk V, Di Ruggiero E, Sellen D, O'Connor DL. Vulnerable mothers' experiences breastfeeding with an enhanced community lactation support program. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Jul;16(3):e12957. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12957. Epub 2020 Jan 26.

  PMID: 31984642 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding; Breast Milk Expression

Interventions

Focus Groups; Interviews as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Jane Francis, MSc

  University of Toronto

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2017
• First Posted: October 10, 2017
• Study Start: August 18, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2017
• Study Completion: December 20, 2017
• Last Updated: May 4, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

CA (1)