The Impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Counselling and Breastfeeding Attitudes

November 5, 2020 updated by: Hannakaisa Niela-Vilen, University of Turku

Vauvamyönteisyysohjelman Vaikutus Imetykseen, Imetysohjaukseen ja Imetysasenteisiin / The Impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Counselling and Breastfeeding Attitudes

The impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to breastfeeding, breastfeeding counselling and breastfeeding attitudes will be examined in Satakunta Central Hospital, Finland. The baseline measurement will be conducted before the implementation of BFHI in 2017 and second measurement will be conducted in 2019 after the certification process. Both staff members and breastfeeding mothers will be recruited in the study. The main outcomes are the duration of breastfeeding and breastfeeding attitudes.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

425

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Finland
      • Pori, Finland
        • Satasairaala Central Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Staff: All staff members taking care of mothers and/or infants in the hospital.
  • Mothers: Mothers who have given birth in the study hospital during the data collection period.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Mothers:

    • who have given birth outside the hospital,
    • whose infant's condition is critical,
    • whose infants are transferred to another unit.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Mothers and staff members
The mothers who will give birth at the study hospital and all the staff members taking care about mothers and/or infants
Other: Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative
The intervention is Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative as described by WHO and UNICEF. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding will be implemented in the hospital.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Duration of breastfeeding
Time Frame: Six months
Duration of breastfeeding will be asked from the mother
Six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Breastfeeding attitude of the staff (questionnaire)
Time Frame: Two years
Attitude will be measured with a structured questionnaire
Two years
Breastfeeding attitude of the mothers (questionnaire)
Time Frame: Four months
Attitude will be measured with a structured and validated questionnaire
Four months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Turku

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

February 28, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

February 28, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 28, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

March 3, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

November 6, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2020

Last Verified

November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Satavamy

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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