Engaging men to promote and support exclusive breastfeeding: a descriptive review of 28 projects in 20 low- and middle-income countries from 2003 to 2013

Yourkavitch, Jennifer M.; Alvey, Jeniece L.; Prosnitz, Debra M.; Thomas, James C.

doi:10.1186/s41043-017-0127-8

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 1 Project characteristics^a

From: Engaging men to promote and support exclusive breastfeeding: a descriptive review of 28 projects in 20 low- and middle-income countries from 2003 to 2013

	NGO^b	Location	Years	Population	Baseline EBF prevalence (95% CI)	Final EBF prevalence (95% CI)	Region	Intensity of male engagement
1.	AKF	India	2003–2008	88,128	80.1 (75.4–84.8)	62.9 (51.2–74.6)*	SCA	High
2.	AME-Sada	Haiti	2005–2009	300,000	32.4 (15.6–49.2)	64.8 (46.9–82.7)*	LAC	Low
3.	CARE	Nepal	2003–2007	931,054	66.8 (54.6–79.0)	73.5 (66.6–80.4)	SCA	Low
4.	CARE	Sierra Leone	2003–2008	112,921	8.3 (1.6–15.0)	68.4 (57.5–79.3)*	SSA	Low
5.	CRS	Nicaragua	2008–2012	113,560	29.7 (23.0–36.4)	43.2 (35.1–51.3)*	LAC	High
6.	Curamericas	Liberia	2008–2013	149,322	39.4 (26.1–52.7)	52.9 (39.2–66.6)*	SSA	Low
7.	ERD	Uganda	2008–2012	53,083	67.1 (60.8–73.4)	73.0 (67.0–79.0)	SSA	High
8.	FH	Mozambique	2005–2010	254,282	40.0 (31.0–49.0)	81.5 (73.8–89.2)*	SSA	High
9.	FG	Peru	2005–2009	119,478	79.0 (65.7–92.3)	87.9 (73.1–100.0)^c*	LAC	High
10.	GOAL	Ethiopia	2007–2011	168,636	27.2 (19.0–35.4)	96.5 (93.1–99.9)*	SSA	High
11.	HealthRight	Kenya	2006–2010	257,083	13.8 (8.3–19.3)	73.7 (64.8–82.6)*	SSA	High
12.	HHF	Haiti	2004–2009	171,703	65.1 (54.8–75.4)	62.8 (52.6–73.0)	LAC	High
13.	HP	Uganda	2005–2010	759,201	100.0 (0)	97.6 (92.9–100.0)^c	SSA	Low
14.	HKI	Niger	2004–2009	359,400	5.7 (0–12.6)^c	72.4 (57.1–87.7)*	SSA	High
15.	HW	India	2006–2010	211,070	36.7 (21.4–52.0)	58.9 (48.6–69.2)*	SCA	High
16.	MC	Tajikistan	2004–2008	204,448	35.6 (26.3–44.9)	83.5 (72.7–94.3)*	SCA	High
17.	MCDI	Benin	2003–2007	146,210	48.0 (32.0–64.0)	64.9 (54.2–75.6)*	SSA	High
18.	MTI	Liberia	2006–2010	127,124	86.0 (68.4–100.0)^c	98.0 (78.5–100.0)^c*	SSA	High
19.	MTI	Uganda	2009–2013	113,400	73.6 (47.6–99.6)	88.2 (78.9–97.5)*	SSA	High
20.	PCI	Indonesia	2003–2007	76,549	48.5 (36.4–60.6)	54.8 (39.7–69.9)	SEA	High
21.	Project HOPE	Uzbekistan	2006–2011	315,962	62.7 (49.9–75.5)	90.0 (84.5–95.5)*	SCA	High
22.	RI	Niger	2007–2011	454,869	36.1 (19.9–52.3)	66.7 (53.9–79.5)*	SSA	Low
23.	SC	Malawi	2006–2011	724,873	36.6 (24.0–49.2)	96.7 (90.4–100.0)^c*	SSA	High
24.	WI	Tanzania	2006–2011	218,654	11.6 (2.0–21.2)	65.1 (52.3–77.9)*	SSA	Low
25.	WRC	Mozambique	2004–2009	227,260	17.4 (6.8–28.0)	80.0 (68.0–92.0)*	SSA	High
26.	WR	Bangladesh	2004–2010	169,803	74.2 (66.4–82.0)	90.1 (85.9–94.3)*	SCA	High
27.	WV	Afghanistan	2008–2013	260,500	56.7 (42.6–70.8)	83.5 (74.6–92.4)*	SCA	High
28.	WV	India	2003–2007	3,254,203	57.2 (48.9–60.5)	37.7 (34.5–40.9)*	SCA	Low

Abbreviations: NGO nongovernmental organization, CI confidence interval, SSA sub-Saharan Africa, AKF Aga Khan Foundation, SCA South and Central Asia, AME-Sada African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency, LAC Latin America and Caribbean, ARC American Red Cross, SEA Southeast Asia, CHS Center for Human Services, CW Concern Worldwide, CI Counterpart International, CRS Catholic Relief Services, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, ERD Episcopal Relief and Development, FH Food for the Hungry, FG Future Generations, HAI Health Alliance International, HHF Haitian Health Foundation, HP Health Partners, HKI Helen Keller International, HW Hope Worldwide, IRD International Relief and Development, MC Mercy Corps, MCDI Medical Care Development Inc., MTI Medical Teams International, PCI Project Concern International, Plan Plan International, RI Relief International, SAWSO Salvation Army World Service Organization, SC Save the Children, WI Wellshare International, WR World Relief, WR World Renew, WV World Vision
*Statistically significant (a = 0.05) difference in proportions (n = 23)
^aAs reported by grantees to USAID
^bAll projects are implemented in partnership with local health service providers, organizations or institutes
^cThe confidence interval was truncated at the extreme value because the margin of error rendered an improbable confidence limit

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