We've had a crazy two weeks here pulling together a week-long pilot trial with 10 moms who are feeding the fortified peanut butter to their kids at home. We want to try to trouble shoot as many issues as possible before the actual intervention starts in May.Last week Monday we started recruiting moms and babies who were visiting the clinic for their regular appointments. On Wednesday and Thursday we held two different focus groups during which we introduced the moms and babies to the manba and captured their initial reactions. Currently, my colleagues are out making home visits to each of the 10 moms to try to get a more realistic sense of how it is really being used (I was told I could not accompany them due to security and privacy concerns which was disappointing). We've had trouble finding some of the mothers in the communities - particularly those without cell phones - but I trust it is still worthwhile to try to find those we can. Next week - after about 7 days of home use - we will bring each mom back to the clinic for a final interview to talk about the entire experience.
Here are some photos of the focus groups. Very fun. Very interesting. Totally exhausting.
