Telephone Support Intervention to Improve Breastfeeding

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breastfeeding

In brief

This randomized controlled trial will evaluate an innovative telephone-based breastfeeding education and promotion intervention that will be implemented in a low-income, predominately Latina population. The trial will assess the impact of the intervention on duration of breastfeeding and exclusivity of breastfeeding at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months post-partum.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00717496

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

339

Starts

2005-04-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-01-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• First time mother
• Mother 18 years old or older
• 37 weeks gestation or greater at delivery
• Intent to breastfeed

You may not qualify if…

• mother's primary language is something other than English or Spanish
• mother has medical complications that interfere with her instituting breastfeeding or require her to stay in the hospital for >72 hours
• infant has a medical problem that requires admission to the intensive care nursery or requires hospitalization for >72 hours
• mother expresses a strong desire to formula feed

Where it is running

• Denver Health Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States

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