Adolescent Nutrition in Girls in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
- Conditions
- Nutrition Deficiency Due to Insufficient Food
- Interventions
- Dietary Supplement: Multiple Micronutrient supplementDietary Supplement: BEP supplement
- Registration Number
- NCT06444555
- Lead Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Brief Summary
Adolescents' diets are key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. This study will guide policies and programs on the adequacy, acceptability, and feasibility of implementing balanced energy protein and multiple micronutrient supplementations to fill nutrient gaps in adolescent girls. Using a trial, the study will assess dietary intake and nutrient gaps, acceptability of balanced energy protein and multiple micronutrient supplementations. In addition to the trial, the study will the assess willingness to pay for the supplements and the most effective delivery platform and model to reach vulnerable adolescent girls. The most effective delivery platform and model to reach vulnerable adolescent girls cost-effectively will also be assessed through interviews with (inter)national experts, producers, and the donor community.
- Detailed Description
In low- and middle-income countries, it is estimated that each year, 21 million adolescent girls become mothers. Infants of adolescent mothers are at increased risk of delivering babies preterm, with low birth weight or length. Targeting nutrition interventions to improve adolescent girls' diet and nutrition is crucial to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poor growth and development. There is a specific need to assess how a balanced energy protein (BEP) and multiple micronutrient (MMN) supplement interventions can be tailored to adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.
This study aims to assess the adequacy, acceptability, and feasibility of implementing nutritional supplementations to fill nutrient gaps in adolescent girls in resource-limited settings. A trial will specifically:
1. assess the short-term acceptability of BEP and MMN supplements
2. assess how nutrition supplements increase nutrient adequacy of diets adolescent girls in resources-limited settings;
Using a qualitative component, the study explores the food agency of adolescents and the most effective delivery platform to reach vulnerable adolescent girls cost-effectively. The overall aim is to guide policies and programs on new formulations of nutritional supplements for adolescent girls in resource-limited settings.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 400
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Multiple Micronutrient Supplement Multiple Micronutrient supplement The United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation (UNIMMAP). Balanced Energy Protein Supplement BEP supplement Fortified lipid-based nutrient supplement
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Nutritional adequacy Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption) Mean nutrient adequacy ratio of adolescent diets, using 24 h recall
Acceptability of the supplement Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption) Acceptability to the nutritional supplements, as measured using a 9-item scale (1 "Dislike extremely" up to 9 "Like extremely")
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Willingness to pay for the supplement Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption) Mean household head's willingness to pay values elicited through their bids
Nutrient intake Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption) Mean energy, macronutrient and micronutrient intake between the BEP and MMN group, using 24 h recall
Reported consumption of the supplement Day 8 (average of 7-day intervention) Percent of the recommended nutritional supplement consumed during the intervention period, self-reported
Substitution of food and nutrient intake Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption) Substitution of food and nutrition intake at group level, using 24 h recall
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Agence de Formation, de Recherche et d'Expertise en Santé pour l'Afrique (AFRICSanté)
🇧🇫Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
🇪🇹Addis Ababa, Ethiopia