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The problem
Intervention: No intervention was tested; this is an observational study examining factors associated with EBF practice
Who it was tested with: 469 parturient women enrolled in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission cohort study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"This was a prospective cross-sectional study of 469 parturient women enlisted in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission cohort study... A structured questionnaire was used to collect relevant socio-demographic, lifestyle and maternal information. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed." This descriptive study identifies associations rather than testing an intervention, making it observational research at the practitioner tier.
Cross-sectional design cannot establish causality. No comparison group or control condition tested. Self-reported data via questionnaire may be subject to recall and social desirability bias.
Across countries and designs
18 studies · 28 countries
