Community intervention to improve growth among children under two in rural India

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Improving growth and nutrition in children; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN51505201
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London (UK)

Brief Summary

2015 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886587 2016 economic evaluation protocol in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27807084/ (added 11/02/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-12-13
• Study Completion: 2017-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2520

Inclusion Criteria

1. All women identified in the third trimester of pregnancy between 01/10/2013 and 31/12/2015 residing in the study clusters will be invited to participate in the study in order to monitor changes in food intake and dietary diversity among pregnant women.
2. In addition, every woman identified as pregnant between 01/10/2013 and 31/08/2014 residing in the study clusters will be asked for permission to follow-up her live born child for a period of 18 months. Mothers and their children will be followed up at seven time points: in the third trimester of pregnancy, within 72 hours after birth, and at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after birth.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Stillbirths and neonatal deaths
2. Infants whose mothers have died
3. Infants with congenital abnormalities and multiple births
4. Mothers who migrate out of the study area permanently during the study period

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified