Evaluation Nutrition Education Intervention on Pulse and Cereal Mix for Complementary Food in Southern Ethiopia

NCT ID: NCT02638571

Last Updated: 2024-05-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 772 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-01-19
• Study Completion Date: 2016-11-22

Brief Summary

The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and nutritional status of young children (6 to 24 months). The hypothesis is that nutrition education improves mothers knowledge, attitude and practice of pulse incorporated complementary food and improves dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children.

Detailed Description

Only 9% of the population in Southern Ethiopia consumes pulse and pulse total contribution of the diet is less than 4.9% for women and less than 3.3% for children.Young children are at risk of developing malnutrition because of dietary inadequacy. Educational interventions can improve feeding practices and growth of young children. The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and nutritional status of young children (6 to 24 months). The hypothesis is that nutrition education improves mothers knowledge, attitude and practice of pulse incorporated complementary food and improves dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children. Before, at midline and end of the intervention we will assess the KAP of mothers, dietary intake of iron and zinc and nutritional status of young children. The nutrition education intervention will be given for 9 months. Serum ferritin, serum zinc, C-Reactive protein and hemoglobin and dietary intake of iron and zinc of young children will be measured at the beginning and ending of the intervention.

Conditions

Dietary Habits; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices; Wasting

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Usual education

Households in the control clusters (kebeles) will receive usual nutrition education from Health extension workers, about complementary foods, over 9 months.

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods

Intervention Type: OTHER

Enhanced Nutrition education with sessions and counseling by health extension workers

Enhanced Education

Additional education sessions from Health extension workers (HEWs) trained on use of pulses for complementary foods (CF). HEWs provide nutrition education programs and counseling about pulse-cereal mix complementary foods, over 9 months.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods

Intervention Type: OTHER

Enhanced Nutrition education with sessions and counseling by health extension workers

Interventions

enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods

Enhanced Nutrition education with sessions and counseling by health extension workers

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 6-15 months
• Apparently healthy
• Being breastfed at time of recruitment
• The mothers are permanent residents of the kebele

Exclusion Criteria

• Infant undergoing treatment with supplemental foods for malnutrition

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hawassa University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Saskatchewan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Carol J. Henry

Ph.D.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carol J Henry, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Saskatchewan

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PMID: 32962685 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

PULSE-HEW

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id