Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger
NCT ID: NCT01863394
Last Updated: 2014-07-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
4429 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-05-31
2014-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
DIAGNOSTIC
NONE
Study Groups
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Screening by community health workers
One Community Health Worker (CHW) will be trained per village in the comparator arm. The training the CHWs receive will be identical to that delivered in the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition program run by ALIMA/BEFEN (Bien Être de la Femme et l'Enfant Niger) over the last 3 years. This involves 6 hours theoretical training and a practical session in the health centre.
CHWs will screen children 06-59 months in their village once a month
Active comparator: Screening by community health workers
Screening by mothers
Mothers in the intervention health district will be trained in small womens' groups in their village. Training will have a theoretical component and a practical demonstration component on children in the village
During the first baseline door to door mass screening campaign, mothers will also receive individual training on conducting a Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) classification and looking for pedal oedema. they will receive a brief recap during the three monthly door-to-door mass screening campaigns
Mothers will be asked to check their child's MUAC and look for pedal oedema
* whenever the child does not seem to be in 'good health' to the mother
* whenever the mother feels that the child is 'unwell' or 'sick'
* whenever it seems to the mother that her child has lost weight
* whenever the mother thinks that it is necessary to do so
Screening by mothers
Interventions
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Screening by mothers
Active comparator: Screening by community health workers
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* children who live in a village in the health district participating in the study
Exclusion Criteria
6 Months
59 Months
ALL
No
Sponsors
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European Commission
OTHER
Alliance for International Medical Action
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Nikki BLACKWELL, FCICM
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Alliance for International Medical Action
Isabelle Defourney, MBBS
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Alliance for International Medical Action
Locations
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Mirriah health district
Mirriah, Zinder Region, Niger
Countries
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References
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Ale FG, Phelan KP, Issa H, Defourny I, Le Duc G, Harczi G, Issaley K, Sayadi S, Ousmane N, Yahaya I, Myatt M, Briend A, Allafort-Duverger T, Shepherd S, Blackwell N. Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger. Arch Public Health. 2016 Sep 6;74(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13690-016-0149-5. eCollection 2016.
Other Identifiers
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MUAC À L'ÉCHELLE
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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