Infant feeding knowledge and practice vary by maternal HIV status: a nested cohort study in rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigate whether correct infant feeding knowledge and practice differ by maternal HIV status in an era of evolving clinical guidelines in rural South Africa.

Methods

This cohort study was nested within the MONARCH stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial ( www.clinicaltrials.gov : NCT02626351 ) which tested the impact of continuous quality improvement on antenatal care quality at seven primary care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, from July 2015 to January 2017. Women aged ≥18 years at delivery were followed up to 6 weeks postpartum. Clinical data were sourced from routine medical records at delivery. Structured interviews at early postnatal visits and the 6-week postnatal immunisation visit provided data on infant feeding knowledge and feeding practices r

SUBMITTER: Yapa HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7466779 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature