Cash Transfers to Increase Dietary Diversity in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia
NCT ID: NCT04101487
Last Updated: 2025-01-10
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
599 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-10-15
2022-11-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The investigators' objective is to evaluate the efficacy of a cash transfer and nutrition education program delivered by community health assistants to increase dietary diversity among children 6 to 23 months of age in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. The investigators will conduct a pilot, cluster randomized trial in 45 communities. The investigators hypothesize that a multi-pronged interventional package aimed at strengthening the household environment will result in improved dietary diversity for children 6 to 23 months of age. Moreover, the investigators also hypothesize that unconditional cash transfers will result in improved dietary diversity for children 6 to 23 months of age in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Control
Participants in this arm will receive routine monthly visits along with survey administration and the regular package of health services provided at the facility level and at home by community health assistants
No interventions assigned to this group
Cash Transfers
Participants in this arm will receive routine monthly visits along with the regular package of health services provided at the facility level and at home by community health assistants and unconditional cash transfers every month
Cash Transfer
Monthly cash transfers
Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education
Participants in this arm will receive routine monthly visits along with the regular package of health services provided at the facility level and at home by community health assistants, unconditional cash transfers every month, and structured nutrition education provided at household level by community health assistants based on a structured nutrition education handbook.
Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education
Cash transfers every month and structured nutrition education provided at household level by community health assistants based on a nutrition education handbook
Interventions
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Cash Transfer
Monthly cash transfers
Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education
Cash transfers every month and structured nutrition education provided at household level by community health assistants based on a nutrition education handbook
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Participants with consenting caregivers to have monthly visits and to participate in the program
* Caregivers of all ages will be included
Exclusion Criteria
* Participants older than 23 months of age
* Participants with non-consenting caregivers
6 Months
23 Months
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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UNICEF
OTHER
Boston Children's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Michelle Niescierenko
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Locations
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Grand Geddeh County Health Office
Zwedru, , Liberia
Countries
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References
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Rees CA, Cleon D, Davis AB, Sammy AM, Britto CD, Massaquoi W, Forkpa OW, Johnson AJ, Hook VF, MaCauley JA, Pewu GF, Gorpue M, Gborie A, Brown TT, Fannieh A, Dweh T, Marley RB, Baysah MK, Nowine NN, Niescierenko M, Zaizay L. Cash transfers and nutrition education to improve dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia: a cluster-randomized trial. J Trop Pediatr. 2022 Oct 6;68(6):fmac096. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmac096.
Other Identifiers
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P00031767
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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