About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a conditional social transfer works to improve rates of complementary breastfeeding. It will also learn about the impacts of social transfers on maternal and child health and development. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the social transfer increase complementary breastfeeding rates at 24-months postpartum? * Does the social transfer increase complementary breastfeeding duration? * Does the social transfer impact child health and development? * Does the social transfer impact maternal physical and mental health?

Researchers will compare a conditional social transfer to a control group that only receives education about breastfeeding recommendations to see if a conditional social transfers works to increase complementary breastfeeding.

Participants will:

Receive a pamphlet explaining the current recommendations of breastfeeding Receive instructions that if they meet the recommendation to breastfeed until 24-months postpartum they receive a social transfer or receive no additional information Complete home visits at 12- and 24-months postpartum Complete detailed questionnaire

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Are enrolled in the Taabo multigenerational birth cohort (MGC)

Completed the postpartum interview of the Taabo MGC

Have a child who is within two weeks of their 12-month birthday,

are breastfeeding at time of recruitment,

Disqualifiers

Plans to move permanently outside study area

Has a medical, intellectual or psychological disability

Contraindication for breastfeeding

Children born with < 2500 grams

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Social Transfer

Treatment groups

1,040 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance Taabo Côte d’Ivoire

Sponsors and collaborators

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Lead sponsor

Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifique en Côte d'Ivoire

Collaborator