Assessing the cost and effectiveness of training and supervision of frontline workers on early breastfeeding practices

Bangladesh

Project Summary

This operational research project will take place in Panchagar District in northern Bangladesh. A cluster-randomized trial will be conducted to compare the cost effectiveness of practical training among traditional birth attendants and community volunteers, with or without supportive supervision, in improving early infant feeding practices. The practices to be measured before and after include delayed cord clamping, early skin-to -kin contact and newborn-led initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth, avoidance of the traditional prelacteal feeds, and exclusive breastfeeding during the first few months postpartum.

Collaborating Institutions

Eminence is a nonprofit organization that has been working in research, training, programs and advocacy in health, nutrition, education, and climate change since 2003. Eminence personnel will serve as the Principal Investigators, providing technical input for research methodology, data collection, supervision, project management, and maintenance of quality control.

Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, will be providing technical support on research methodology, data analysis and reporting.

Principal Investigators

Dr. Shamim Hayder Talukder M.D., CEO Eminence

Dr. Ted Greiner Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition, Hanyang University