| Source of record | UK Trials |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN16126175 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 11/01/2008 |
| Local reference number(s) | N/A |
| Public title | 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 |
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| Acronym | HoBBIT - Heart of Birmingham Breastfeeding Initiation Trial |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Breastfeeding initiation and continuation |
| Study hypothesis | The primary research question is whether antenatal community breastfeeding peer support workers can increase breastfeeding initiation. |
| Design/methodology | Single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial with general practice as the unit of randomistion. General practices were allocated by computer randomisation. |
| Research ethics review | Sandwell and West Birmingham Ethics Committee, approved on 2nd February 2006 (ref: 05/Q2709/170) |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | All women booking for maternity care in all the practices within the Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust.
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| Participants - exclusion criteria | No exclusion criteria. |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/11/2006 |
| Anticipated end date | 30/04/2007 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | 3,000 |
| Interventions | 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. |
| 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 mother¿s breast milk within the first 48 hours of delivery. Data will be obtained from routine maternity hospital records. |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | 1. Breastfeeding continuation rate at 10-14 days and 6 weeks, with data obtained from routine Health Visitor records
2. Breastfeeding at 6 months, with data obtained from questionnaires to mothers who consent to be contacted at this time |
| Sources of funding | Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (UK) |
| Sponsor name | Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust (UK) |
| Sponsor details | Bartholomew House
142 Hagley Road
Birmingham
United Kingdom
B16 9PA |
| Contact name | Prof Christine MacArthur |
| Contact details | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
United Kingdom
B15 2TT |
| Contact email | c.macarthur@bham.ac.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN16126175 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
