Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status. A Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01977365
• Other study ID #: IRSSOOO1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 30, 2013
• Last updated: November 5, 2013
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2013
• Source: Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Burkina Faso: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hypothesis N°1: The "children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs" enhances caretakers and health workers skills, knowledge and practices on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and child care.

Hypothesis N°1: children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs" approach improves children growth and health.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2341
• Est. completion date: March 2012
• Est. primary completion date: March 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

-Inclusion Criteria: all women of childbearing age in the third trimester of pregnancy, living in the study area for at least one year at the time of the inclusion and who gave informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Growth promotion based on child centered approach
- Preventive consultations will be reorganized. From the child birth, a follow-up schedule will be establish in agreement with the mother, and the subsequent appointment will be renew at each meeting. Ten contacts will be organized for children under two years. During the first year, the number of contacts will be limited to 6 at birth , 2 , 3, 4 and 9 months to complete the vaccination schedule and an additional contact at 7 months to allow monitoring during the introduction of complementary foods. Four contacts will be held for the second year to 12, 15, 18 and 24 months to monitor the transition from complementary food to the family diet. - Inclusion of Child Centered growth promotion approach. During preventive consultations, specific messages according to the child age, health and nutritional status will be developed, based on scientific evidences and adapted to the experience and knowledge of health workers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Burkina Faso	Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé	Ouagadougou	Kadiogo

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso	Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Burkina Faso, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	incidence of exclusive breastfeeding rates		18 months	No
Other	Child dietary diversity score		18 months	No
Primary	Incidence of acute malnutrition		18 months	No
Secondary	Incidence of Diarrhea, fever, Acute respiratory infection		18 months	No