A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya

Child Nutrition Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01679535
• Other study ID #: TOMEDI-12-049
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of New Mexico
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural region of Kenya.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 246
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 1 Month to 6 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Nutrition Disorders
• Malnutrition
• Nutrition Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• nutrition and hygiene education
Monthly education sessions about child feeding and hygiene for mothers of young children, conducted by local Kenyan community health workers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque	New Mexico

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of New Mexico	University of Nairobi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Bhutta ZA, Ahmed T, Black RE, Cousens S, Dewey K, Giugliani E, Haider BA, Kirkwood B, Morris SS, Sachdev HP, Shekar M; Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet. 200 — View Citation

Black RE, Allen LH, Bhutta ZA, Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Ezzati M, Mathers C, Rivera J; Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. Lancet. 2008 Jan 19;371(9608):2 — View Citation

Dewey KG, Adu-Afarwuah S. Systematic review of the efficacy and effectiveness of complementary feeding interventions in developing countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2008 Apr;4 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):24-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00124.x. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Prevalence of diarrhea		Prevalence assessed when children reach 24 months of age
Primary	malnutrition prevalence	Child malnutrition rates, as measured by the prevalence of underweight, wasting, and growth stunting of the children in each group	Measured when children are 24 months of age
Secondary	Child growth	Child growth as measured by change in z score of the children in each group	Measured when children are 24 months of age