District-based Mainstreaming Nutrition Project in Rural Pakistan

NCT ID: NCT00816946

Last Updated: 2018-01-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-02-28

Brief Summary

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This study aims to provide evidence regarding the feasibility of integrating an enhanced maternal and child care health education package into the existing curricula of the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (LHW Program) and evaluating the feasibility of scaling-up as well as the impact on birth outcomes, nutritional status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns at the community level.

Detailed Description

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This project aims to do the following:

* To evaluate the operational feasibility of integrating an enhanced health education and nutrition package into the existing curriculum of the National Program for FP/PHC (LHW Program)
* Impact of the implementation of the full package of evidence-based nutrition interventions on the nutrition status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns in the district

Conditions

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Malnutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Routine LHW Advice

Arm receiving routine advice by their local Lady Health Workers (LHWs)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Enhanced LHW Advice

Arm receiving enhanced nutrition and health advice from the local Lady Health Workers (LHWs)during their routine community visits.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Enhanced education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Nutritional education/counseling to mothers on the following topics:

During Pregnancy: diet during pregnancy; antenatal care; iron tablets; colostrum Postpartum period: difficulties during lactation; diet during lactation; EBF; childhood vaccination; newborn care Complementary Feeding General Health: vitamin A; diarrhea management; iodine; hygiene for health; protection from malaria; ARI \& protection against ARI

Interventions

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Enhanced education

Enhanced Nutritional education/counseling to mothers on the following topics:

During Pregnancy: diet during pregnancy; antenatal care; iron tablets; colostrum Postpartum period: difficulties during lactation; diet during lactation; EBF; childhood vaccination; newborn care Complementary Feeding General Health: vitamin A; diarrhea management; iodine; hygiene for health; protection from malaria; ARI \& protection against ARI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Live born infants and young children from all registered pregnancies within participating villages and catchment population
* pregnant women
* Consent given by at least one of the parents

Exclusion Criteria

* Children born with congenital malformations or serious birth injury
* Suspected non-compliance (mobile and poorly motivated parents).
* Failure to give consent
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Lady Health Workers Programme, Government of Pakistan

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aga Khan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Professor and Founding Director, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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AKU-Peds Naushero Feroze Site Office

Naushero Feroze, Sindh, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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753-Ped/ERC-07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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