Peer counseling and extra funds to support exclusive breastfeeding in Hispanic mothers
Tests Spanish-speaking peer counseling and extra funds for mothers breastfeeding their babies.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Where
- Greensboro, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Breastfeeding Intervention to Prevent Obesity Among Children
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 170 people, planned
- Started
- 17 Mar 2025
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Peer counseling
- Additional funds
- Record updated
- 8 August 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for Hispanic mothers who are pregnant, plan to breastfeed and use or can use WIC, together with their healthy newborn babies.
- Age
- Mothers must be 18 years or older. Infants are about 5 days old when the study activities start (minimum age 5 days).
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- No disease is required. Mothers need a single-baby pregnancy. Babies must be born at 37 weeks or later, have a normal birth weight (over 5 lbs (2 kg) 8 oz) and have started breastfeeding.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Mothers under 18 years of age
- Mothers who do not plan to breastfeed
- Mothers not able to join WIC because of high household income
- Pregnancy with more than one baby
- Babies with health problems that need special feeding care, such as cleft palate
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Confirmation of Hispanic origin
- Receives or eligible for WIC
- Mother is 18 years or older
- Singleton pregnancy
- Mother intends to breastfeed
- Infant gestational age 37 weeks or more
- Normal infant birth weight (i.e., > 5 lbs 8 oz.)
- Breastfeeding has been initiated
- No congenital or other health issues (such as cleft palate) identified that require specific accommodations for feeding
Who cannot take part
- Mothers below 18 years of age
- Mothers do not plan to breastfeed
- Mothers not eligible to participate in the WIC program due to high household income
- Non-singleton pregnancy
Other criteria
- Mothers and infants are both participants in the study. By the time study activities start, infants will be around 5 days old
Where in United States
- Cone HealthGreensboro, United StatesContact: Marjorie JenkinsTaking people
- WIC Guilford CountyGreensboro, United StatesContact: Erin CashwellTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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Do Hispanic mothers benefit from peer counseling support from peer counselors who can speak Spanish? Are mothers more likely to continue exclusive breastfeeding if additional funds are given so that the WIC exclusive breastfeeding package has the same cash value as the WIC formula feeding package?
Researchers will compare participants in the intervention group (who receive peer counseling and additional funds) to a control group (who do not receive peer counseling or additional funds) to see if the intervention package improves breastfeeding rates.
All participants (intervention and control) will complete weekly surveys about their feeding experiences ($8 per week). Members of the research team will also take infant weight/length measurements at home (twice during the first month and then at 2, 4, and 6 months). Participants will be recruited during pregnancy and the study will last for the first 6 months after their babies are born. Mothers and their infants are both participants in the study.
Participants in the intervention condition will also be matched with Spanish-speaking peer counselors who will visit mothers at home regularly (weekly at the beginning of the study, monthly at the end of the study). In Month 1, mothers can choose to receive a $150 gift card or an electric breast pump. In Months 2-5, if infants are signed up for the WIC exclusive breastfeeding package, infants will receive $100 and mothers will receive $50. If infants are signed up for the WIC partial breastfeeding package, infants will receive $50 and mothers will receive $30.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Intervention group (peer counseling and funds)Treatment being tested
Participants in the intervention condition will be matched with Spanish-speaking peer counselors who will visit mothers at home regularly (weekly at the beginning of the study, monthly at the end of the study). In Month 1, mothers can choose to receive a $150 gift card or an electric breast pump. In Months 2-5, if infants are signed up for the WIC exclusive breastfeeding package, infants will receive $100 and mothers will receive $50. If infants are signed up for the WIC partial breastfeeding package, infants will receive $50 and mothers will receive $30.
Treatment: Peer counseling and Additional funds
- Control groupNo study treatment, for comparison
Participants in the control condition will receive care-as-usual. For example, they will have access to WIC services, which can include peer counseling.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Breastfeeding Intervention to Prevent Obesity Among Children
- Plain-language title
- Peer counseling and extra funds to support exclusive breastfeeding in Hispanic mothersGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 8 August 2025