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The Feasibility of a Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate interactive weekly mobile phone text messaging plus motivational interviewing to promote breastfeeding among women living with HIV
Abstract
Background
In 2011, South Africa changed infant feeding guidelines for women with HIV from government-supplied formula feeding to exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding for two years or longer. With only 8% of infants under 6 months of age being breastfed, interventions are required to improve breastfeeding rates. We assessed whether an appropriately powered randomized trial was feasible regarding i) recruitment and …
Authors
Zunza M; Young T; Cotton MF; Slogrove A; Mbuagbaw L; Kuhn L; Thabane L
DOI
10.21203/rs.3.rs-2147255/v1
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