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Impact of a Mobile Health Breastfeeding Counseling Intervention for Employed Mothers in Kenya
Sponsor: Wheaton College
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.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
284
Start Date
2025-07-01
Completion Date
2028-06-30
Last Updated
2022-11-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
mobile Health Breastfeeding Counseling
a phone-based breastfeeding counseling intervention, delivered by labor and delivery nurses, nutritionists, and maternal and child health nurses.
Standard of care breastfeeding counseling
The ongoing antenatal, delivery and postnatal breastfeeding and lactation counseling that is provided by the Naivasha sub-County Referral Hospital.