Impact of the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding of Children Younger Than Two Years" in Health Centers

NCT ID: NCT00635453

Last Updated: 2021-08-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

715 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-01

Study Completion Date

2015-07-02

Brief Summary

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A cluster randomized field trial to evaluate the impact that training healthcare workers in healthy feeding practices has on the nutrition and health of children.

Detailed Description

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Cluster randomized controlled trial targeting selected primary health care centers in Porto Alegre, South of Brazil, a city of 1.4 million inhabitants. The trial included health centers that provide primary care services predominantly to low-income families.Physicians, nurses and administrative staff of all intervention health centers participated in a training in January 2008 based on the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding for Brazilian Children from Birth to Two Years of Age" guideline.

Following staff training at the intervention sites, interviewers visited the intervention and control health centers from April to December 2008 to identify and enroll pregnant women who were in the last trimester of pregnancy. 98% of eligible pregnant women agreed to participate and answered a questionnaire about their socioeconomic status and expected due date. Addresses and telephone numbers were obtained in order to schedule subsequent home visits.

Data Collection:

Maternal interviews using structured questionnaires were conducted at baseline (during pregnancy - 2008) and at follow-up home-visits at mean child ages six months (2008/2009), 12 months (2009/2010) , three years (2011/2012) and six years (2014/2015) by field workers who were not involved in the intervention and who were unaware of the group allocations.

Conditions

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Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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I, Intervention

Physicians, nurses and administrative staff of all intervention health centers participated in a training of Dietary Advice in January 2008 based on the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding for Brazilian Children from Birth to Two Years of Age" guideline.13 An experienced nutritionist conducted a standardized session for the health care team to outline the "Ten Steps" recommendations and strategies and to provide suggestions how best to incorporate these into the consultations. Printed materials were provided to the Health Care Centers for use by these professionals and for access to the Brazilian Ministry of Healthy Nutrition Department´s website. Health staff members received a pocket guide for use during the appointments and waiting room sessions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dietary Advice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The content of the dietary intervention follows the recommendations of the guidelines of the Brazilian Ministry of Health for healthy feeding of children younger then two years.

II, Control

Healthcare centers randomized to the non-intervention group continued their routine medical assistance without any involvement of the research team. No materials were provided to these clinics.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dietary Advice

The content of the dietary intervention follows the recommendations of the guidelines of the Brazilian Ministry of Health for healthy feeding of children younger then two years.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Infant Nutrition Programme

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All pregnant women in the last trimester of the gestation.

Exclusion Criteria

* HIV-positive mothers
* congenital malformation
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ministry of Health, Brazil

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marcia Regina Vitolo

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Márcia R Vitolo, Postdoctoral

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Locations

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The health units

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Valmorbida JL, Baratto PS, Leffa PS, Sangalli CN, Silva JA, Vitolo MR. Consumption of ultraprocessed food is associated with higher blood pressure among 6-year-old children from southern Brazil. Nutr Res. 2023 Aug;116:60-68. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2023.05.012. Epub 2023 May 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37354762 (View on PubMed)

Sangalli CN, Leffa PS, Valmorbida JL, Lumey LH, Vitolo MR. Impact of promoting healthy infant feeding practices on energy intake and anthropometric measures of children up to 6 years of age: A randomised controlled trial. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2021 Oct;34(5):771-783. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12881. Epub 2021 May 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34034359 (View on PubMed)

Ferreira VR, Sangalli CN, Leffa PS, Rauber F, Vitolo MR. The impact of a primary health care intervention on infant feeding practices: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Brazil. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2019 Feb;32(1):21-30. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12595. Epub 2018 Sep 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30182376 (View on PubMed)

Chaffee BW, Vitolo MR, Feldens CA. The Porto Alegre Early Life Nutrition and Health Study. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2014 Dec;17(4):1015-8. doi: 10.1590/1809-4503201400040018.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25388499 (View on PubMed)

Chaffee BW, Feldens CA, Vitolo MR. Cluster-randomized trial of infant nutrition training for caries prevention. J Dent Res. 2013 Jul;92(7 Suppl):29S-36S. doi: 10.1177/0022034513484331. Epub 2013 May 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23690364 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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vitolo3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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