Malnutrition, Child Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Cluster Randomized Trial to Study the Effect of Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education on Dietary Diversity Among Children 6-23 Months of Age in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia: A Pilot Study
Verified date | March 2023 |
Source | Boston Children's Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy of a cash transfer and nutrition education program delivered by community health assistants to increase dietary diversity among children 6 to 23 months of age in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 599 |
Est. completion date | November 1, 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | July 31, 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 6 Months to 23 Months |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Participants 6 to 23 months of age - Participants with consenting caregivers to have monthly visits and to participate in the program - Caregivers of all ages will be included Exclusion Criteria: - Participants who are younger than 6 months of age (children < 6 months of age are encouraged to exclusively breastfeed, making dietary diversity irrelevant in this age group) - Participants older than 23 months of age - Participants with non-consenting caregivers |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Liberia | Grand Geddeh County Health Office | Zwedru |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Boston Children's Hospital | UNICEF |
Liberia,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in proportion of children 6 to 23 months of age who meet minimum dietary diversity scores (DDS) over the study period as reported by caregivers | The DDS has been widely used to measure the sum of diverse food groups consumed in a 24-hour period | 6 months | |
Secondary | Meal frequency | Mean self-reported meal frequency over the 24-hour period prior to monthly CHA visits | 6 months | |
Secondary | Increase in child weight in kilograms | changes in child weight in kilograms during the study period measured with digital scale (UNISCALE) | 6 months | |
Secondary | Increase in mid upper arm circumference in centimeters | changes in mid upper arm circumference in centimeters measured with MUAC tape measure | 6 months | |
Secondary | Increase in child length/height in centimeters | changes in child length/height in centimeters during the study period measured with Height Board | 6 months | |
Secondary | Health care utilization (clinic) | number of clinic visits for illnesses (including type of illness) | 6 months | |
Secondary | Health care utilization (hospital) | hospitalizations (if any) during the study period | 6 months | |
Secondary | Health care utilization (antimicrobials) | use of antibiotics/antimalarials during the study period | 6 months | |
Secondary | Health care utilization (nutritional support) | if the child received supplementary nutritional support (e.g. ready to use therapeutic food RUTF) | 6 months | |
Secondary | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices | caregiver's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of infant and young child feeding | 6 months |
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