Mobile Phone Short Messages to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding and Reduce Adverse Infant Feeding Practices: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Yangon, Myanmar
Initiatives
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This study aims to implement a breastfeeding promotion intervention using mobile phone text messages in Yangon, Myanmar, and evaluate its impact on breastfeeding practices.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2015
- End Year
- 2015
- Funding
- MPH is supported by an Australian Leadership Award of the Government of Australia for her PhD studies. The Sydney Medical School Foundation and Post Graduate Research Support Scheme, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, both provided grants for the development of the intervention and conduct of the trial.
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Hmone MP, Li M, Alam A, Dibley MJ. Mobile Phone Short Messages to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding and Reduce Adverse Infant Feeding Practices: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Yangon, Myanmar. JMIR Res Protoc. 2017;6(6):e126. Published 2017 Jun 28. doi:10.2196/resprot.7679
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 353
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
pregnant women
A total of 353 pregnant women between 28 and 34 weeks’ gestation who had access to a mobile phone and were able to read and write have been recruited from the Central Women’s Hospital, Yangon, and allocated randomly to an intervention or control group in a 1:1 ratio. The intervention group received breastfeeding promotional SMS messages 3 times a week while the control group received maternal and child health care messages (excluding breastfeeding-related messages) once a week. The SMS messages were tailored for the women’s stage of gestation or the child’s age
Selection Criteria
- Pregnant women
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- Second Trimester
- Third Trimester
- Newborns
- Twins
- Territory
- Yangon, Myanma
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 353
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
The intervention group received breastfeeding promotional SMS messages 3 times a week while the control group received maternal and child health care messages (excluding breastfeeding-related messages) once a week. The SMS messages were tailored for the women’s stage of gestation or the child’s age. A formative qualitative study was conducted prior to the trial to inform the study design and text message content.
- Start Date
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2015-01
- End Date
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2015-03
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
- Smartphone
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Mobile data collection