Intervention to fight anemia and improve well-being in a very low income setting: Selling Double Fortified Salt (DFS) and Free DFS

Completed

• Conditions: Iron deficiency anemia; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32514611
• Lead Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia (India)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39623

Inclusion Criteria

For the marketing (sales) experiment, all persons living in the village are included. Households choose to purchase and consume Double Fortified Salt (or not) in the treatment clusters. Individuals who consume meals made in homes that purchase Double Fortified Salt will consume supplemental iron. There are no inclusion criteria for individuals.

For the free distribution of Double Fortified Salt arm, 7 households were randomly selected from the 15 households who were also randomly selected to be measurement households in the treatment villages. Individuals in these households will consume supplemental iron if the person responsible for cooking chooses to use the free Double Fortified Salt and if the individual consumes meals made at home.

Exclusion Criteria

There are no exclusion criteria for individuals.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hemoglobin level measured by hemocue, anemia according to age/sex/pregnancy benchmarks. This is measured at baseline and endline. Endline is approximately 15-18 months after the beginning of salt distribution to stores.