Improving child nutrition and development through community based childcare centres in Malawi

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ow quality diets, poor nutrition and health status; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Low quality diets, poor nutrition and health status

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96497560
• Lead Sponsor: PATH

Brief Summary

2017 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629471 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30204916 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616933/ (added 10/08/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-09-21
• Study Completion: 2016-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 24 August 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2500

Inclusion Criteria

Child inclusion criteria:
1. Aged 0-5 years
2. Living in the catchment area of the targeted preschool
3. Provision of informed consent from parent or guardian

Caregiver inclusion criteria:
Caregiver to a participating child.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Child, parent or guardian unwilling to participate in the study
2. Child known to have a chronic medical condition which will affect participation in the CBCC in the long run

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Dietary intake is measured though 24 hour caregiver recall at baseline and 12 months<br> 2. Childcare practices are assessed through caregiver recall compared to the WHO IYCF definitions at baseline and 12 months<br> 3. Pre-school enrolment and attendance is measured over 7 days through caregiver recall at baseline and 12 months<br> 4. Household food production is measured through recall of previous harvest at baseline and 12 months<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Child’s nutrition status is measured through anthropometry (weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for- age z-scores and MUAC) at baseline and 12 months<br> 2. Child development is measured through the Malawi Development Assessment Tool z-scores (fine motor, gross motor, language and social domains) at baseline and 12 months<br>