An evaluation of community peer support workers within a programme to improve breastfeeding in Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust: a cluster randomised controlled trial
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN16126175 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16126175 |
| Protocol serial number | N/A |
| Sponsor | Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (UK) |
| Funder | Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (UK) |
- Submission date
- 23/07/2007
- Registration date
- 11/01/2008
- Last edited
- 23/08/2011
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Christine MacArthur
Scientific
Scientific
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
| c.macarthur@bham.ac.uk |
Study information
| Primary study design | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Study design | Single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial with general practice as the unit of randomistion. General practices were allocated by computer randomisation. |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Scientific title | |
| Study acronym | HoBBIT - Heart of Birmingham Breastfeeding Initiation Trial |
| Study objectives | The primary research question is whether antenatal community breastfeeding peer support workers can increase breastfeeding initiation. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Sandwell and West Birmingham Ethics Committee, approved on 2nd February 2006 (ref: 05/Q2709/170) |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Breastfeeding initiation and continuation |
| Intervention | The intervention is a community breastfeeding peer support service - trained Peer Support Workers (PSWs) will be available to provide breastfeeding information, advice, skills and support, offered to all women. They will make face-to-face contact with the women antenatally through the midwife at about 24-28 weeks in the antenatal clinic or at home. A minimum of two antenatal face-to-face contacts will be aimed for. The PSWs will continue to give support postnatally as required in order to increase continuation. The comparator is usual care. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
Breastfeeding initiation rate, defined as the mother either puts the baby to the breast or the baby is given any of the mothers breast milk within the first 48 hours of delivery. Data will be obtained from routine maternity hospital records. |
| Key secondary outcome measure(s) |
1. Breastfeeding continuation rate at 10-14 days and 6 weeks, with data obtained from routine Health Visitor records |
| Completion date | 30/04/2007 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Sex | Female |
| Target sample size at registration | 3000 |
| Key inclusion criteria | All women booking for maternity care in all the practices within the Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust. |
| Key exclusion criteria | No exclusion criteria. |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/11/2006 |
| Date of final enrolment | 30/04/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- United Kingdom
- England
Study participating centre
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
|---|---|
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 30/01/2009 | Yes | No |
