Assessment of Nutritional Awareness and Effect of Nutritional Education Programme NEP among Household Maids in Mumbai

Phase 1

Active, not recruiting

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/05/013623

Brief Summary

**Background and Objectives**: Women domestic servants or maidservants constitute animportant segment of unorganized labor of our country. The maidservants weremostly engaged in heavy and more labor consuming household chores. Lack ofnutritional status and food availability due to effect of socioeconomic statusmade them prone to many health related problems. The purpose of study was toassess the Anthropometric measurements, nutritional status and to awarehousemaids about the importance of nutrition.

**Method:** Withthe help of purposive sampling technique, a study was conducted on 100 samplesand Anthropometric measurements were taken before and after Nutrition Education Programme sessions.Dietary intake and pattern was assessed with the help of food frequency questionnaireand the data was compared.

**Hypothesis:**The nutritional intake among the housemaids is adequate and there is no influence of nutritional knowledge on nutritional intake among them.

**Expected Outcome:**There may be a significant impact of Nutrition Education Programme  on the dietary pattern of household maids in Mumbai

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Closed to Recruitment of Participants
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

total 100 housemaids women residing in mumbai city were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Samples below 30 years and above 45 years were not included in the study.
• Also, women not working as housemaids were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutritional education program may have significant impact on the study group	Nil

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Due to nutrional education program there may be an improvement in food choices among the study group	Nil

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dharavi; 🇮🇳 Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India

Dharavi

🇮🇳Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India

Pooja Jagiasi

Principal investigator

8600455220

jagiasipooja@gmail.com