Socio-economic and agricultural factors associated with stunting of under 5-year children: findings from surveys in mountains, dry zone and delta regions of rural Myanmar (2016-2017).

Objective: The study's objective was to investigate multiple underlying social, economic and agricultural determinants of stunting among under-five children in three distinct ecological areas in rural Myanmar.

Design: Repeated cross-sectional surveys in three states of Myanmar.

Setting: Rural households in Chin (mountainous), Magway (plains) and Ayeyarwady (delta).

Tailored text messages to improve breastfeeding practices in Yangon, Myanmar: the M528 individually randomized controlled trial.

Background: Text messages are a feasible delivery channel for breastfeeding promotion, but only a few articles have examined their effectiveness.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of mobile phone text messages on breastfeeding practices.

Design: We implemented a 2-arm, parallel, individually randomized controlled trial with 353 pregnant participants at the Central Women's Hospital, Yangon.

Factors associated with intention to exclusive breastfeed in central women's hospital, Yangon, Myanmar.

Background: Under-nutrition is a public health problem in Myanmar. Despite current efforts, the exclusive breastfeeding rate (EBF) for children under six months is only 24%. Intention to breastfeed is a strong predictor for long-term breastfeeding, however, little is known about pregnant women's breastfeeding intentions in Myanmar.

Mobile Phone Short Messages to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding and Reduce Adverse Infant Feeding Practices: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial in Yangon, Myanmar.

Background: Myanmar has a high burden of mortality for children aged younger than 5 years in which undernutrition plays a major role. Despite current efforts, the exclusive breastfeeding rate for children under 6 months is only 24%. To date there have been no interventions using mobile phones to improve breastfeeding and other feeding practices in Myanmar.

A formative study to inform mHealth based randomized controlled trial intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in Myanmar: incorporating qualitative study findings.

Background: Undernutrition is a major concern for Myanmar children with low exclusive breastfeeding rate (24%). A formative study was conducted to explore the perceptions and practices relating to exclusive breastfeeding, and barriers and facilitators to using mobile communications for exclusive breastfeeding counselling. The results inform the design of a randomized control trial to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices among Myanmar mothers.