Report

Small grants program: Breastfeeding clubs and mHealth for breastfeeding support - Honduras

27 Oct 14
Author(s)Monica Napier and Tricia Peterson
Topic(s): Breastfeeding, Research, Small Grants Program
Language(s): English
Audience: Program designers and implementers
Organization: Samaritan’s Purse International Relief
Programs: Strategic use of data
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This project consisted of a randomized trial was designed to examine the effect of breastfeeding (BF) support provided through BF clubs and cell phones on BF rates among 500 adolescent mothers in Honduras. However, due to various challenges including high insecurity in the area related to drug trafficking, it was not possible to deliver the intervention or collect data because most of the intended beneficiaries did not attend the BF clubs and/or were not reachable by cell phone or home visits. Therefore, after enrolling 103 participants, the study was stopped, and a new qualitative study was conducted to identify factors that prevented or facilitated the study participants’ attendance at BF clubs.

The goal of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) Grants Program (2009 to 2014) was to identify new solutions for scaling up effective and sustainable interventions to improve infant and young child feeding by linking research to program delivery. A&T awarded eight two-year grants in 2010 and four in 2011. The Grants Program was managed by the University of California, Davis.

 
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