Are you a pregnant and planning to breastfeeding your infant?
Are you a mother with an infant younger than 6 weeks who is breast and bottle feeding?
Are you and your infant interested in becoming involved in research to support mothers and
infants breastfeeding at home?
We will ask you to participate in two studies in your home.
First to measure your infant's sucking effort during 4- 5 home visits. The home visits will
include measuring your infant's sucking effort during 2 bottle feeding and 2 breastfeeding
sessions over a 3 week period feedings Your infant's bottle feeding sucking effort will be
measured using an Enfamil nipple. Your infant's breastfeeding effort will be measured by a
feeding tube taped to your breast. Your infant must be less than 6 weeks of age and be
breastfeeding at least once a day. Each visit will occur in the morning on a day scheduled at
your convenience. The day of the visit you will be contacted in the morning via text to verify
that you and your infant are available for us to collect data in your home. Each visit will take an
hour of your time.
Second, to digitally record your infant's breastfeeding sucking effort during the second home
visit.
You may choose to participate in only one or both studies.
Compensation for you and your infant participation will be in the form of Target gift cards in the
amount of $10 per home visit for measuring infants' sucking effort (up to $50), and $15 for
digitally recording the second breastfeeding session. A total of $65 Target gift cards will be
given for participating both studies.
Thank you.
This study has been approved by the University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board;
Protocol #H16-199. Principal Investigator: Ruth Lucas
For more information, contact: Ruth Lucas at ruth.lucas@uconn.edu or (860) 486-4918.