District-based Mainstreaming Nutrition Project in Rural Pakistan

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Interventions: Behavioral: Enhanced education

• Registration Number: NCT00816946
• Lead Sponsor: Aga Khan University

Brief Summary

This study aims to provide evidence regarding the feasibility of integrating an enhanced maternal and child care health education package into the existing curricula of the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (LHW Program) and evaluating the feasibility of scaling-up as well as the impact on birth outcomes, nutritional status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns at the community level.

Detailed Description

This project aims to do the following:

* To evaluate the operational feasibility of integrating an enhanced health education and nutrition package into the existing curriculum of the National Program for FP/PHC (LHW Program)

* Impact of the implementation of the full package of evidence-based nutrition interventions on the nutrition status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns in the district

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-01-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-01-02
• Study First Posted: 2009-01-05
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2009-02
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Live born infants and young children from all registered pregnancies within participating villages and catchment population
• pregnant women
• Consent given by at least one of the parents

Exclusion Criteria

• Children born with congenital malformations or serious birth injury
• Suspected non-compliance (mobile and poorly motivated parents).
• Failure to give consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Enhanced LHW Advice	Enhanced education	Arm receiving enhanced nutrition and health advice from the local Lady Health Workers (LHWs)during their routine community visits.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
mother pregnancy weight gain in 3rd trimester	at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery
mothers Hb level	at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery
child's birthweight	at birth

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
dietary diversity of CF	6 mths, 9mths, 12mths, 18 mths
young child's growth	0, 3, 6, 12, 18 mths, at end of study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AKU-Peds Naushero Feroze Site Office; 🇵🇰 Naushero Feroze, Sindh, Pakistan