A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Child Nutrition Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: nutrition and hygiene education

• Registration Number: NCT01679535
• Lead Sponsor: University of New Mexico

Brief Summary

This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural region of Kenya.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-08-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2012-09-06
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 246

Inclusion Criteria

• Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	nutrition and hygiene education	nutrition and hygiene education by community health workers

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
malnutrition prevalence	Measured when children are 24 months of age	Child malnutrition rates, as measured by the prevalence of underweight, wasting, and growth stunting of the children in each group

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child growth	Measured when children are 24 months of age	Child growth as measured by change in z score of the children in each group

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of New Mexico; 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States