Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Judith Lumley
ORCID ID
Contact details
251 Faraday St
Carlton
3053
Australia
+61 3 8341 8500
j.lumley@latrobe.edu.au
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Although breastfeeding initiation is high in our community, less than 50% are still breastfeeding at 6 months. We aim to increase this proportion.
Intervention
1. Proactive peer telephone support in the postnatal period, with a focus on encouragement with breastfeeding, social support, and referral as necessary
2. A single midwife home visit at day 7-10 postpartum, focusing on breastfeeding matters
3. This group will receive both interventions
4. The control group will receive neither intervention
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/07/2004
Overall trial end date
31/12/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Primiparous, English-speaking women from two tertiary women's hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/07/2004
Recruitment end date
31/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
251 Faraday St
Carlton
3053
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, La Trobe University (Australia)
Sponsor details
251 Faraday St
Carlton
3053
Australia
+61 3 8341 8500
csmch@latrobe.edu.au
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Not defined
Funder name
Not provided at time of registration
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list