Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

McLachlan, Helen L; Forster, Della A; Amir, Lisa H; Small, Rhonda; Cullinane, Meabh; Watson, Lyndsey F; Shafiei, Touran

doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-346

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Table 1 Data collection for SILC

From: Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Data collection time-point	SILC-MCHN visit assessment	SILC-MCHN visit	Drop-in centre visit	4 month KAS visit	8 month KAS visit	SILC postal survey	IV close
Maternal data
Date of birth	X	X
Age				X		X
Parity		X	X	X		X
Health care card status				X		X
Income level						X
Aboriginal/Torres strait islander status				X		X
Marital status						X
Highest education attainment						X
Smoking status (current and in pregnancy)						X
Alcohol consumption (current)						X
Maternal height and weight						X
Employment status						X
Country of birth				X		X
Year arrived from overseas				X		X
Residency status						X
Current postcode of residence			X			X
Breastfeeding intention						X
Infant feeding support after hospital discharge						X
Breastfeeding complications after hospital discharge						X
Reasons for ceasing/not commencing breastfeeding						X
Knowledge and use of community infant feeding services						X
Paternal data
Country of birth				X
Birth data
Method of birth				X		X
Infant data
Date of birth	X	X		X		X
Gestational age at birth				X
Infant age			X	X	X	X
Infant feeding ‘in the last 24 hours’	X	X		X		X
Infant feeding at three months of age				X
Infant feeding at six months of age					X
Infant age at breastfeeding cessation						X
Infant age at introduction of infant formula						X
Infant age at introduction of solids						X
MCH centre data
MCH centre postcode				X	X
Process evaluation data
Number of women assessed, eligible for, received and declined SILC-MCHN visit	X
Length of SILC-MCHN visits		X
Topics discussed, factsheets provided and website information provided during SILC-MCHN visits		X
Reason(s) for visiting SILC drop-in centre			X
First or subsequent visit to SILC drop-in centre			X
SILC-MCHN data
Evaluation of SILC trial via focus groups and surveys							X
MCH co-ordinator data
Evaluation of SILC trial via interviews							X

KAS= Key Ages and Stages visit, IV= intervention, MCH= Maternal and Child Health, SILC-MCHN= SILC Maternal and Child Health Nurse.

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