Table 2 Data analysis outline

1. To determine the effect of the intervention on breastfeeding and complementary feeding knowledge, attitudes and practices among mothers of infants

1. Knowledge and attitude levels on breastfeeding and other infant feeding practices

Intervention status

SES¹, food security, maternal demographic characteristics, antenatal care child morbidity

Multinomial logistic regression for rates and survival analysis for duration

2. Breastfeeding practices, including initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding (for first 6 months) and duration of exclusive and any breastfeeding

3. Complementary feeding practices for example, optimal timing of initiation of complementary feeding and minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, and minimum acceptable diet

2. To determine the effect of the intervention on nutritional outcomes among infants;

1. Stunting

Intervention status

SES, food security, maternal demographic characteristics, child morbidity, antenatal care, vaccination status

Multinomial logistic regression

2. Underweight

3. Wasting

3. To determine the effect of the intervention on morbidity from diarrhoea among infants

Diarrhoea morbidity

Intervention status

SES, food security, maternal demographic characteristics, child morbidity, antenatal care, vaccination status

Multilevel modeling

4. To determine the experiences, facilitating and limiting factors associated with the intervention

1. Client satisfaction

Not applicable

Not applicable

Descriptive (Outcome 1) Qualitative-thematic analysis (outcomes 2 and 3)

2. Experiences

3. Limiting and enabling factors

5. To assess the cost-effectiveness of the intervention

Cost-effectiveness

Not applicable

Not applicable

Cost-Effective Analysis