Alive & Thrive Evaluation in Burkina Faso

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Breast Feeding, Exclusive

Treatments

Behavioral: A&T infant and young child feeding intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02435524

9066 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The time between birth and age 24 months provides a unique opportunity to impact the long-term health and development of children through improved infant and young child feeding practices. In Burkina Faso, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is currently around 25% in infants younger than six months.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Alive & Thrive intervention package, consisting of interpersonal counselling and community mobilisation activities, can increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate among infants younger than six months to at least 50% using a cluster randomised design.

Enrollment

4,541 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

15 to 49 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Gives informed consent
Being aged from 15 to 49 years old (women of reproductive age)
Has at least one infant less than 12 months old who is currently alive and lives with her.