A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01679535 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 6, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 6, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Child Nutrition Disorders | Behavioral: nutrition and hygiene education | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 246 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya |
Study Start Date : | November 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention
nutrition and hygiene education by community health workers
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Behavioral: nutrition and hygiene education
Monthly education sessions about child feeding and hygiene for mothers of young children, conducted by local Kenyan community health workers |
- malnutrition prevalence [ Time Frame: Measured when children are 24 months of age ]Child malnutrition rates, as measured by the prevalence of underweight, wasting, and growth stunting of the children in each group
- Child growth [ Time Frame: Measured when children are 24 months of age ]Child growth as measured by change in z score of the children in each group
- Prevalence of diarrhea [ Time Frame: Prevalence assessed when children reach 24 months of age ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Month to 6 Months (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01679535
United States, New Mexico | |
University of New Mexico | |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131 |
Principal Investigator: | Angelo J Tomedi, MD | University of New Mexico |
Responsible Party: | Angelo Tomedi, Visiting Associate Professor, University of New Mexico |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01679535 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TOMEDI-12-049 |
First Posted: | September 6, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 6, 2015 |
Last Verified: | February 2015 |
Infant nutrition disorder Child nutrition disorders Malnutrition Protein-energy malnutrition |
Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Child Nutrition Disorders |