Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) improves infant health and survival. We tested the effectiveness of a home-based intervention using Community Health Workers (CHWs) on EBF for six months in urban poor settings in Kenya. METHODS: We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Korogoch...

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Autores principales: Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth W., Griffiths, Paula L., Wekesah, Frederick Murunga, Wanjohi, Milka, Muhia, Nelson, Muriuki, Peter, Egondi, Thaddaeus, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Ezeh, Alex C., McGarvey, Stephen T., Musoke, Rachel N., Norris, Shane A., Madise, Nyovani J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29258549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0314-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29258549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0314-9

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