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A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya
What is being tested
nutrition and hygiene education
Behavioral
Who is being recruted
Deficiency Diseases+5
+ Nutrition Disorders
+ Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
From 1 to 6 Months
1 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Prevention Study
Interventional
Study Start: November 2011
Summary
Principal SponsorUniversity of New Mexico
Last updated: March 12, 2024
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Study start date: November 1, 2011
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.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.
Principal SponsorUniversity of New Mexico
Last updated: March 12, 2024
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
246 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Prevention Study
Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 1 to 6 Months
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Deficiency DiseasesNutrition DisordersNutritional and Metabolic DiseasesProtein DeficiencyInfant Nutrition DisordersProtein-Energy MalnutritionChild Nutrition DisordersMalnutrition
Criteria
1 inclusion criteria required to participate
Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
One single intervention group is designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
Experimentalnutrition and hygiene education by community health workers
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
SuspendedOne Study Center