Using Mobile Phone Text Messaging System to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate in a Resource-poor Caribbean Island

NCT03853850 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16-19171
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 582
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate whether sending educational and supportive mobile phone text messages to mothers of infants, from babies' day of birth until 6 months of age, increases the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Roatan, Honduras.

Conditions

Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 2 months of age

  Proportion of infants exclusive breastfeeding at 2 months of age. Exclusive breastfeeding defined as only breastmilk in the 24 hours preceding data collection

  2 months after date of enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 4 months of age

  4 months after date of enrollment

• Exclusive breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age

  6 months after date of enrollment

• Breastfeeding rate at 4 months of age

  4 months after date of enrollment

• Breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age

  6 months after date of enrollment

• Diarrheal disease at 2 months of age

  2 months after date of enrollment

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participating mothers will receive mobile phone text messages during their babies' first 6 months of life. Messages will educate mothers on breastfeeding and proper infant feeding.

Behavioral: Mobile phone text messages

Interventions

Mobile phone text messages BEHAVIORAL

From their babies' day of birth until 6 months of age, participating mothers will receive supportive and educational text messages to promote breastfeeding. Messages will be on benefits of breastfeeding, newborn hunger cues, proper latch technique, healthy infant feeding practice, and maternal self care. Messages will be sent regularly, initially several messages every day during the babies' first few weeks of life, then few messages every week. A total of 158 (\*\*\*) messages will be sent. Messages will be sent in English or in Spanish depending on participant language preference.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Recently delivered full term infants (\>37 weeks gestation, less than 72 hours old)
• years of age or older, or emancipated minor, or if parent able to consent if \<18 years of age
• Intent to breastfeed
• Own a phone that can receive SMS messages
• Able to send SMS reply messages

You may not qualify if:

• Mothers who report they can not read in Spanish nor English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Davis: lead
• Public Hospital Roatan, Honduras: collaborator
• University of California, San Francisco: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Public Hospital Roatan

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Honduras

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Caroline Chantry, MD

  University of California, Davis

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Lisa Rasmussen, MD

  University of California, Davis

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2019
• First Posted: February 26, 2019
• Study Start: September 28, 2017
• Primary Completion: July 3, 2019
• Study Completion: November 10, 2019
• Last Updated: March 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Locations

HO (1)