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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
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
University of Nairobi
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Angelo Tomedi, University of New Mexico

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural region of Kenya.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Child Nutrition Disorders Behavioral: nutrition and hygiene education Not Applicable

Study Design
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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

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Intervention
nutrition and hygiene education by community health workers
 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


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. 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


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. 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


Other Outcome Measures:
  1. Prevalence of diarrhea [ Time Frame: Prevalence assessed when children reach 24 months of age ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   1 Month to 6 Months   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period
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Locations
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United States, New Mexico
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of New Mexico
University of Nairobi
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Angelo J Tomedi, MD University of New Mexico
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Publications of Results:

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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
Keywords provided by Angelo Tomedi, University of New Mexico:
Infant nutrition disorder
Child nutrition disorders
Malnutrition
Protein-energy malnutrition
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Malnutrition
Nutrition Disorders
Child Nutrition Disorders