Exploration of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Their Determinants

Exploration of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Their Determinants Among Women Living in Urban Areas and Slums in Pune and Rural Areas Around Pune, India

The goal of this observational study is to assess infant and young child-feeding practices among women living in urban areas and slums in Pune and rural areas around Pune, India, and to investigate the reasons for the adopted infant and young child-feeding practices in Slum-dwelling women aged 18 to 49 years who have an infant/s less than 24 months of age.

The main question it aims to answer are:

• Are infant and young child-feeding practices among women living in urban areas and slums appropriate?
• What the reasons for the adopted infant and young child-feeding practices in Slum-dwelling women Participants will be measured for their height and weight, interviewed for Socio-demographic characteristics, birth history of the infant, infant feeding indicators and will be involved in focused group discussions and in-depth interviews to gain understanding into their adopted appropriate and inappropriate feeding practices.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Infant
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No intervention

Detailed Description

Study Design: Cross-sectional, Observational Study Duration: 2 years Population Characteristics: Slum-dwelling women aged 18 to 49 years who have an infant/s less than 24 months of age Study Site / Subject Recruitment: Subjects will be recruited at the family planning department of urban health care centres and Paediatric OPDs in tertiary care hospitals in the Pune city and rural health care centres around Pune city where they take their children for vaccination

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 271

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• India
  • Maharashtra
    • Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411001
      • Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Slum-dwelling women aged 18 to 49 years who have an infant/s less than 24 months of age

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• A woman will be recruited in the study if she

  1. is willing and able to give informed consent
  2. is aged between 18 to 49 years
  3. has an infant or infants less than 2 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

1. She is unwilling to consent to participate in the study
2. Her infant has any congenital conditions, chronic disorder or has a disorder resulting in difficulty in feeding.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Infant and young child-feeding practices among women living in urban areas and slums in Pune and rural areas around Pune, India will have been assessed	Infant and young child-feeding practices among women living in urban areas and slums in Pune and rural areas around Pune, India will have been assessed	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reasons for the adopted infant and young child-feeding practices will have been investigated	Reasons for the adopted infant and young child-feeding practices will have been investigated	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Anuradha Khadilkar, M.D., Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 28, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): February 28, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 6, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 13, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 14, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 9, 2025
• Last Verified: July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: JCDC/BHR/24/012

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No