IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES BY INCORPORATING DEWORMING PROGRAM IN INTEGRATED CHILD HEALTH CARE
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- PER-032-11
- Lead Sponsor
- Thrasher Research Fund,
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1760
Inclusion Criteria
1) CHILDREN ATTENDING ANY OF THE STUDY HEALTH CENTRES FOR THEIR 12-MONTH CRED VISIT;
2) CHILDREN LIVING IN OR NEAR THE STUDY AREA (IN IQUITOS AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES).
Exclusion Criteria
1) CHILDREN WHO ARE ATTENDING THE STUDY HEALTH CENTER FOR SUSPECTED STH INFECTION;
2) CHILDREN WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEWORMING TREATMENT OR TREATMENT USING MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH PROBABLE ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO RANDOMIZATION;
3) PARENTS PLANNING TO MOVE OUTSIDE THE STUDY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS;
4) CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS OF AGE OR OVER 14 MONTHS OF AGE; AND
5) CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS CONGENITAL OR CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE ATTENDING STAFF NOT TO BENEFIT FROM DEWORMING.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method