Nutritional Needs and Food Supplement Intake of Adolescent Girls in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Nutritional adequacy
研究概览
简要总结
Adolescents' diets are key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. This study will guide policies and programs on the adequacy, acceptability, and feasibility of implementing balanced energy protein and multiple micronutrient supplementations to fill nutrient gaps in adolescent girls. Using a trial, the study will assess dietary intake and nutrient gaps, acceptability of balanced energy protein and multiple micronutrient supplementations. In addition to the trial, the study will the assess willingness to pay for the supplements and the most effective delivery platform and model to reach vulnerable adolescent girls. The most effective delivery platform and model to reach vulnerable adolescent girls cost-effectively will also be assessed through interviews with (inter)national experts, producers, and the donor community.
详细描述
In low- and middle-income countries, it is estimated that each year, 21 million adolescent girls become mothers. Infants of adolescent mothers are at increased risk of delivering babies preterm, with low birth weight or length. Targeting nutrition interventions to improve adolescent girls' diet and nutrition is crucial to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poor growth and development. There is a specific need to assess how a balanced energy protein (BEP) and multiple micronutrient (MMN) supplement interventions can be tailored to adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.
This study aims to assess the adequacy, acceptability, and feasibility of implementing nutritional supplementations to fill nutrient gaps in adolescent girls in resource-limited settings. A trial will specifically:
- assess the short-term acceptability of BEP and MMN supplements
- assess how nutrition supplements increase nutrient adequacy of diets adolescent girls in resources-limited settings;
Using a qualitative component, the study explores the food agency of adolescents and the most effective delivery platform to reach vulnerable adolescent girls cost-effectively. The overall aim is to guide policies and programs on new formulations of nutritional supplements for adolescent girls in resource-limited settings.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 19 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Nutritional adequacy
时间窗: Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption)
Mean nutrient adequacy ratio of adolescent diets, using 24 h recall
Acceptability of the supplement
时间窗: Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption)
Acceptability to the nutritional supplements, as measured using a 9-item scale (1 "Dislike extremely" up to 9 "Like extremely")
次要结局
- Willingness to pay for the supplement(Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption))
- Nutrient intake(Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption))
- Reported consumption of the supplement(Day 8 (average of 7-day intervention))
- Substitution of food and nutrient intake(Day 8 (after 7 days of consumption))