Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT06195098 |
| Other study ID # |
04122023 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
November 1, 2021 |
| Est. completion date |
November 30, 2023 |
Study information
| Verified date |
December 2023 |
| Source |
University of Pavia |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The TANY VAO project pilot study aimed to create a circular and sustainable model with a
multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach to improve the health conditions of
Madagascar's population living in rural areas. This is through an integrated approach in the
areas of "wash and sanitation," agriculture, nutrition and "clean cooking." This project
consisted of two phases: first an observational phase (Work Package 1, WP1) and secondarily
an interventional phase (Work Package 2, WP2). Here is described the nutritional protocol as
part of the multidisciplinary study. The nutritional activities were conducted by the
Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition (LDNC) of the University of Pavia.
Description:
The TANY VAO project pilot study aims to create a circular and sustainable model with a
multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach to improve the health conditions of
Madagascar's population living in rural areas. This is through an integrated approach in the
areas of "wash and sanitation," agriculture, nutrition and "clean cooking."
Here is described the nutritional protocol as part of the multidisciplinary study.
The TANY VAO project was conducted on the island of Nosy Mitsio, 20 miles west of Madagascar,
in the villages of Ampanitosoha and Bevoko (western part of the island) on a group of women
of childbearing age and their children.
Participants of this study were women of childbearing age (14-49 years old), pregnant or not,
and their male or female children/adolescents (2-18 years old) living in the Ampanitosoha and
in the Bevoko villages.
Focusing on the nutritional activities the main outcome was to improve food knowledge, eating
habits and dietary diversity of the population enrolled in the study.
The project was composed by two different work packages (WP).
WP1: observational phase During this phase researcher were able to catch a picture of the
current situation in this specific rural area of Madagascar from a nutritional assessment
point of view. Sociodemographic information (religion, civil status, age, educational level)
was collected and nutritional knowledge (9-items questionnaire), eating habits (24 hour
recall and food frequency), and dietary diversity (minimum dietary diversity index for women)
were assessed for women exclusively. A nutritional assessment was conducted for both women
and children/adolescents (women: weight, height, abdominal and waist circumference, mid-upper
arm circumference, skin fold; children: weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference).
WP2: interventional phase Based on the results of WP1, the interventional activities were
defined. The interventional activities were targeted to the local population, according to
their educational level and culture and it was composed by a theoretical part and a more
practical part. The objective was to improve nutritional knowledge and their awareness about
the role of food in connection to the human health. According to the theoretical part: to
make the activities more appealing, three informative graphic posters were drafted. The
posters provided guidance 1) on food safety and hygiene, 2) on making a complete meal from
local foods and practical nutritional advices, and 3) specific indications for the pregnancy
and lactation period.
According to the practical part: a cooking class activities were conducted, involving women
of the Ampanithosa and Bevoko villages. The researchers taught them how to use a bamboo
steamer and how to process vegetables, grew up in the organic gardens built by the Kukula
team.
The activities were carried out in each village thanks to a local enumerators involvement.
