Otitis media

The present report discusses immediate benefits to participants at the completion of the original project and examines current telephone interview data obtained from the original administrative team at the site of the Young Mothers Project, focussing on short-term and long- term practical consequences of the intervention. [...] The aim of the intervention was to encourage the young women in the project to choose breastfeeding as long as possible and to attempt to reduce their babies’ exposure to second-hand smoke. [...] Participants completed an anonymous and confidential questionnaire at the beginning of the first focus group, and completed the same questionnaire at the end of the fourth session. [...] At the beginning of the project most participants were well informed of the health hazards of smoking, including the effects of second-hand smoke on their babies’ health. [...] An ongoing legacy of the Young Mothers Project is the provision of hearing loss screening twice annually, and the subsequent sharing of that information with relevant staff at the WAEC and its satellite programs including the APC.