Hospital-Based Paraprofessional Lactation Clinic

This study has been completed.

First Received: May 14, 2007 No Changes Posted

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Baylor College of Medicine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by:	Baylor College of Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00474422

Purpose

Hypothesis: We hypothesized that providing in-hospital, supervised paraprofessional breastfeeding consultation during the hiatus between hospital discharge and the first postpartum WIC or pediatric visit would increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding among low income Hispanic women at 1 month postpartum.

Condition	Intervention
Breastfeeding	Behavioral: Proactive assignment to attend a breastfeeding clinic

MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Feeding

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Hospital-Based Paraprofessional Lactation Clinic

Further study details as provided by Baylor College of Medicine:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Percent of infants breastfed exclusively [ Time Frame: 4 weeks of age ]
Daily volume of formula supplement received by mixed feeders [ Time Frame: at 4 weeks of age ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Percent of infants receiving water, tea, or Agua de Arroz [ Time Frame: 4 weeks postpartum ]
Breastfeeding problems experienced [ Time Frame: in first month postpartum ]
Satisfaction with Hospital care [ Time Frame: 4 weeks postpartum ]
Maternal and Infant utilization of health care services [ Time Frame: during 1st month postpartum ]

Enrollment:	522
Study Start Date:	December 2003
Study Completion Date:	February 2005

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Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

intent to breastfeed
delivery at target hospital
Hispanic
mother and infant scheduled for joint discharge
healthy mother and infant

Exclusion Criteria:

infant at elevated risk for hyperbilirubinemia:

<37 weeks gestation at birth,
< 48 hours of age at discharge,
jaundice within 24 hours of birth,
Rh incompatibility; cephalohematoma,
positive coombs test,
family history of disorders of RBC enzyme defects or defects of RBC shape and size,
exclusive breastfeeding in the hospital

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00474422

Locations

United States, Texas
Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Sponsors and Collaborators

Baylor College of Medicine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Judy M Hopkinson, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	MM-0723
Study First Received:	May 14, 2007
Last Updated:	May 14, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00474422 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Baylor College of Medicine:

breastfeeding
support

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009