Effectiveness of WeChat for Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding in Huzhu County China: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of breastfeeding for both infants and mothers have been well recognized. However, the exclusive breastfeeding rate in China is low and decreasing. Mobile technologies have rapidly developed; communication apps such as WeChat (one of the largest social networking platforms in China) are widely used and have the potential to conveniently improve health behaviors.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of using WeChat to improve breastfeeding practices.

Methods

This 2-arm randomized controlled trial was conducted among pregnant women from May 2019 to April 2020 in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province, China. Pregnant women were eligible to participate if they were aged 18 years or older, were 11 to 37 weeks pregnant with a singleton fetu

SUBMITTER: Wu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7746496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature