Formative study | ||||
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Study objective | Primary outcome variables | Independent variable | Control variables | Type of analysis |
 1. To establish local contexts and norms, which contribute to maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices so as to customize the intervention package | Factors that influence breastfeeding and other MIYCN practices | Not applicable | Not applicable | Thematic |
 2. To identify facilitating factors and barriers that may influence the implementation of BFCI | Facilitating factors and barriers to the implementation of BFCI | Not applicable | Not applicable | Thematic |
Cluster randomized trial | ||||
Study objective | Outcome variables | Independent variable | Control variables | Type of analysis |
 1. To determine the effectiveness of the BFCI on the rates of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months | Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) at 6 months, 4 months and 2 months | Intervention status | SES, food security, water and sanitation, maternal characteristics, antenatal care | Multinomial logistic regression |
 2. To determine the effectiveness of BFCI strategy on MIYCN knowledge and attitudes | a. Knowledge levels on MIYCN | Intervention status | SES, food security, water and sanitation, maternal characteristics, antenatal care | Logistic regression |
b. Attitudes on MIYCN | ||||
 3. To determine the effectiveness of the BFCI on rate of initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and its implications on successful EBF for the first 6 months | Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour | Intervention status | SES, food security, water and sanitation, maternal characteristics, antenatal care | Logistic regression |
 4. To assess the change in nutritional and health status among infants and young children from the implementation of BFCI | a. Stunting | Intervention status | SES, food security, water and sanitation maternal characteristics, antenatal care, vaccination status | Logistic regression for stunting, underweight and wasting |
b. Underweight | ANCOVA for z-scores and multilevel modeling for diarrhea morbidity | |||
c. Wasting | ||||
d. z-scores | ||||
e. Diarrheal and other morbidity | ||||
 5. To determine the factors and barriers associated with the implementation of BCFI and how to address them | a. Satisfaction with intervention | Not applicable | Not applicable | Descriptive (Outcome 1) |
b. Experiences with intervention | Qualitative: Thematic analysis (Outcomes 2 and 3) | |||
c. Limiting and enabling factors | Â |