Impact of a Mobile Health Breastfeeding Counseling Intervention for Employed Mothers in Kenya
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Brief Summary
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is critical for child survival, growth, and maternal health; however, over half of mothers in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Mobile health (mHealth) describes a range of wireless technologies and techniques that seek to increase patient access to and interaction with preventive health services. This study will develop and test the feasibility of an mHealth intervention to improve support counseling for breastfeeding at a large sub-county referral hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.
Trial Health
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Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jul 2025
Typical duration for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 15, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 16, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2025
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 30, 2028
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2028
November 16, 2022
November 1, 2022
2.6 years
November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Exclusive breastfeeding at 24 weeks
The proportion of mothers who feed only breastmilk to their infants, without other liquids, formula or semi-solid or solid food.
24 weeks post-partum
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Continued breastfeeding
36 weeks post partum
Early initiation of breastfeeding
Within 1 hour of childbirth
Study Arms (2)
Standard of Care
ACTIVE COMPARATORStandard of care breastfeeding counseling. The ongoing antenatal, delivery and postnatal breastfeeding and lactation counseling that is provided by the Naivasha sub-County Referral Hospital.
mobile Health (mHealth)
EXPERIMENTALSimple messaging service counseling intervention with healthcare providers. This arm will involve two-way messaging with healthcare providers Unstructured Supplementary Service Data application that provides session-based interaction with breastfeeding and lactation support content.
Interventions
a phone-based breastfeeding counseling intervention, delivered by labor and delivery nurses, nutritionists, and maternal and child health nurses.
The ongoing antenatal, delivery and postnatal breastfeeding and lactation counseling that is provided by the Naivasha sub-County Referral Hospital.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Mothers over 18 years who are employed in contract-based labor in sectors that include education, business, healthcare, commercial agriculture, tourism/food service.
- Mothers must reside in the greater Naivasha, Kenya area and receive maternal and child health care at the Naivasha sub-County Referral Hospital.
You may not qualify if:
- Mothers of infants with cleft deformities or other abnormalities that interfere with breastfeeding.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Wheaton Collegelead
- Kenya Medical Research Institutecollaborator
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Scott B Ickes
Wheaton College
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 15, 2022
First Posted
November 16, 2022
Study Start
July 1, 2025
Primary Completion (Estimated)
January 30, 2028
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 30, 2028
Last Updated
November 16, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
- Time Frame
- 2 months after the primary data analysis is complete.
- Access Criteria
- Permission of the principal investigator.
Only de-identified data will be shared with other researchers. This will include maternal research identification number, education level, martial status, parity, type of employment, child morbidity and breastfeeding status (at 0, 6, 14, 24, and 36 weeks weeks).