Evaluation of NICHE Programme Activities in Kenya

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Growth Disorders; Malnutrition
• Interventions: Other: Cash and counselling

• Registration Number: NCT03518593
• Lead Sponsor: Kimetrica LLC

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the impact of additional cash and nutritional counselling on nutrition outcomes in pregnant women and children up to the age of two years in CT-OVC (cash transfer- orphan and vulnerable children) households in Kitui and Machakos counties of Kenya. The control arm households will receive their normal CT-OVC cash payment and the intervention arm will receive an additional cash payment and nutritional counselling.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-01
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-25
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-08
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-26
• Study Completion: 2018-06-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women and children aged up to 23 months of age in households receiving CT-OVC cash transfers in Kitui and Machakos counties of Kenya

Exclusion Criteria

• not residing in CT-OVC households

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Cash and counselling	Additional cash transfer and nutritional counselling

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stunting	8-15 months	HAZ (height for age z score) \< -2 SDs of WHO median