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| University of Nairobi | OTHER |
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This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural region of Kenya.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention | Experimental | nutrition and hygiene education by community health workers |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nutrition and hygiene education | Behavioral | Monthly education sessions about child feeding and hygiene for mothers of young children, conducted by local Kenyan community health workers |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| malnutrition prevalence | Child malnutrition rates, as measured by the prevalence of underweight, wasting, and growth stunting of the children in each group | Measured when children are 24 months of age |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Child growth | Child growth as measured by change in z score of the children in each group | Measured when children are 24 months of age |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Prevalence of diarrhea | Prevalence assessed when children reach 24 months of age |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Angelo J Tomedi, MD | University of New Mexico | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87131 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 18207566 | Result | Black RE, Allen LH, Bhutta ZA, Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Ezzati M, Mathers C, Rivera J; Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. Lancet. 2008 Jan 19;371(9608):243-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61690-0. No abstract available. | |
| 18206226 | Result |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015362 | Child Nutrition Disorders |
| D007228 | Infant Nutrition Disorders |
| D044342 | Malnutrition |
| D011502 | Protein-Energy Malnutrition |
| ID | Term |
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| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D011488 | Protein Deficiency |
| D003677 | Deficiency Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009752 | Nutritional Status |
| ID | Term |
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| D009747 | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena |
| D000066888 | Diet, Food, and Nutrition |
| D010829 | Physiological Phenomena |
| D006304 | Health Status |
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| Bhutta ZA, Ahmed T, Black RE, Cousens S, Dewey K, Giugliani E, Haider BA, Kirkwood B, Morris SS, Sachdev HP, Shekar M; Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet. 2008 Feb 2;371(9610):417-40. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61693-6. |
| 18289157 | Result | Dewey KG, Adu-Afarwuah S. Systematic review of the efficacy and effectiveness of complementary feeding interventions in developing countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2008 Apr;4 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):24-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00124.x. |
| D003710 | Demography |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |