Social Desirability Bias in a Randomized Controlled Trial That Included Breastfeeding Promotion in Western Kenya
These data provide strong evidence of bias in reporting of breastfeeding practices in this nonblinded intervention trial and should serve as a caution to researchers who rely on self-reported outcomes of behavior change interventions.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01704105.
Authors
- Benjamin F. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-7295)
- Kathryn G. Dewey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4185-3451)
- Anne M Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-9116)
- John M. Colford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3288-6956)
- Charles D. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-3172)
- Marion Kiprotich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4373-1252)
- Audrie Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-3469)
- Amy J. Pickering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6193-2221)
- Christine P. Stewart
- Holly N. Dentz
- Clair Null (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0819-536X)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- San Francisco Foundation (US)
- Kenya School of Government (KE)
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) (US)
- Mathematica Policy Research (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103779
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- University of California Berkeley