Does home gardens improve nutritional intake of young children?
- Conditions
- Healthy children less than 5 years of age
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/07/009053
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Reasearch
- Brief Summary
The proposed study will be conducted in collaboration with a local NGO named “Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA)†in Warangal district of Telangana.
**Primary purpose of the study**: Promotion of homestead food production among households with young children to improve quality of their diets . Also to understand the linkages between homestead food production and nutritional status of children
**The intervention:** homestead food productionwill be promoted byCentre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) that involves
1.Distribution of seedlings of micronutrient rich varieties of vegetable and fruits based on availability of space, nature of soil, and exposure of light, time available for care, family size and preferences of the family.
2.Green methods of farming: Organic fertilizers, such as vermicompost, compost from kitchen waste, leaf moulds – and home based pesticide preparations such as green chilli and garlic paste, neem seed kernel extract, mustard garlic solution and vavili leaf decoctions. These techniques will be taught to the participants by experts.
3.Knowledge enhancement: Knowledge on selection of appropriate crops, land preparation, cultivation, raising and harvesting the crops will be provided by experts at CSA as appropriate garden practises are necessary for optimum yield and utilization of the produce
4.Nutrition educationwill form an important part of the intervention and will be provided to households in both intervention and control villages. Education materialssuch as videos, pamphlets, posters, etc will be used to stress on the importance of home consumption of produce such as green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, eggs ,meat and meat products among vulnerable members of the family especially the mother and child.
**Hypothesis**: Homestead food production will improve the dietary diversity and thereby nutritional status of young children.
**Expected outcome**:
· Data to be collected will provide information on the effectiveness of an intervention promoting Homestead Food Production for improving dietary diversity and nutritional status of children.
· The study will also provide information about people’s perception and constraints regarding HFP.
· The study overall would allow us to extend the intervention in future for effective implementation of such programs in order to improve dietary diversity and nutritional status of children from the rural households.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 360
Every child less than 5 years of age in selected villages of the study area (i.e.)Jangaon.
1.Children with congenital abnormalities 2.Children suffering with chronic illnesses/diseases 3.Index child is a twin birth.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The intervention may improve the dietary diversity of the household especially among children,thereby, improve their nutrition status. 1.At baseline | 2.Followup every 3 months | 3.At the end of the project
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Understand the linkages between homestead food production and nutritional status of children 1.At baseline
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
National Institute of Nutrition(ICMR)
🇮🇳Hyderabad, ANDHRA PRADESH, India
National Institute of Nutrition(ICMR)🇮🇳Hyderabad, ANDHRA PRADESH, IndiaS KiruthikaPrincipal investigator7799348249kiruthika1411@gmail.com