NCT06797063

Breastfeeding Education Support Tool

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,152 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposed project seeks to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of the Breastfeeding Education Support Tool for Baby (BEST4Baby) intervention, an mHealth-supported community-based peer counselor breastfeeding intervention for mothers in India. Given that rates of optimal infant feeding practices have remained stagnant over the past two decades in India, and that India is the most populous country and icontributes one-fifth of all global live births, this project could have major global health implications if the intervention is found to improve maternal breastfeeding practices and infant clinical outcomes. The project will also provide evidence needed to adopt BEST4Baby nationally and in other low resource communities.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding, Exclusive
• Infant Development
• Infant Growth
• Breast Feeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	BEST4Baby	BEST4Baby consists of prenatal and post-delivery breastfeeding education and support for mothers provided by community-based peer counselors who are trained in a modified 5-day WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Counselling Course and supported by an mHealth application.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual Care	Participants in the control clusters will continue with local practice for antenatal breastfeeding support and referral to facilities. It is expected that they will receive routine health education recommended by the national health system during the prenatal and postnatal period and offered through PHC and community level workers, including ASHAs. ASHAs may visit a woman after delivery to provide lactation support, as needed, with visits ceasing at 42 days post-delivery. Breastfeeding mothers requiring advanced lactation support may be referred to a community subcenter for care with more skilled clinicians.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-01
• Primary completion: 2029-09-01
• Completion: 2029-09-01
• First posted: 2025-01-28
• Last updated: 2025-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India