Effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention to improve complementary feeding practices in Malawi: a restricted randomized trial

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• Conditions: E45; E50.9; D50.9; Retarded development following protein-energy malnutrition; Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified; Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified

• Registration Number: DRKS00003234
• Lead Sponsor: Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08-25
• Study Completion: 2014-09-04
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3800

Inclusion Criteria

Households with children under two years of age

Exclusion Criteria

Households with no children under two years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Height for age Z-Score (HAZ) of children below 2 years will increase if TIPs recommendations and recipes are locally available and accepted. <br><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anemia (A) among children between 6 and 23 months, defined as hemoglobin level of < 11g/dl, will decrease by 25 %. <br><br>Retinol binding protein (RBP) levels will decrease by 15% among children with a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of < 12mg/l.<br><br>Prevalence of children with presumed acute respiratory infections and fever (ARI) and diarrhea (D) in the last two weeks prior the survey will decrease by 25%.<br><br>There will be differences in knowledge of age-appropriate complementary feeding (KCF) of children between caretakers measured using a knowledge score in interventions and controls.<br><br>TIPs formative research generates nutritionally improved, culturally acceptable and affordable recipes which result in improved feeding practices and food intake which will result in a higher dietary diversity score for the children <br>