Effectiveness of a nutrition education package in improving feeding practices, dietary adequacy and growth of infants and young children in rural Nepal: a randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Malnutrition
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000049803
- Lead Sponsor
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 250
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Infants with obvious congenital or chronic abnormalities, Impairing feeding or physical growth measurements, have edema; are severely ill or have clinical complications warranting hospitalization.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of the study will be linear growth as assessed by mean change in LAZ of age accordingly.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean change in weight and weight-for-length Z-scores (WLZ), The proportion of children consuming foods from 4 or more food groups, The proportion of children consuming the recommended number of semi-solid/soft meals and snacks per day and Improved Maternal level of knowledge and practice of recommended feeding and health practices