Status:
COMPLETED
Integrating Nutrition Education & Household Food Production for Child Nutrition
Lead Sponsor:
Jimma University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Nestlé Foundation
Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR)
Conditions:
Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In Ethiopia, a child-centered counseling approach is hypothesized to be more effective than the current nutrition and health education when investment on home-based food production is used as a platfo...
Detailed Description
Growth faltering among Ethiopian infants and young children is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Nutrition education on infant and young child feeding has shown good potential to improve growt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- infants less than 12 month
- are permanent residents in the area;
- have no plan to move away during the intervention period;
- are willing to adopt the agriculture activities; and
- have adequate place and time to adopt developed gardens \& backyard poultry production
Exclusion
- infants with severe acute malnutrition warranting referral to nutrition rehabilitation program with Ready-To-Use Therapeutic foods
- severely ill infants with clinical complications warranting hospital referral; and
- infants with obvious congenital or chronic abnormalities that impair feeding or physical growth measurements.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
404 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02249286
Start Date
January 1 2014
End Date
October 1 2015
Last Update
March 7 2016
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