Increased Breastfeeding Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Proposed Randomized Clinical Trial of the Effectiveness of a New Breastfeeding- Supportive Texting Program Designed Specifically for African-American/Black Expectant Women, as Compared to a National Maternal Health Texting Program, on Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding at 2 Months
The purpose of the study is to see if a program of text messages that support and promote breastfeeding for expecting and delivered African-American/Black women (called TEAM2BF), as compared to a national maternal health texting program (called Text4baby), can result in more women being able to breastfeed their infant. Because breastfeeding is healthy for mothers and babies, and because fewer African-American/Black women decide to breastfeed and continue breastfeeding than many other racial and ethnic groups, researchers like us are trying to figure out ways to be supportive to African-American/Black mothers who might be interested in breastfeeding. The investigators will enroll up to 80 mothers and their infants at UHCMC.
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