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District-based Mainstreaming Nutrition Project in Rural Pakistan

NCT00816946 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3000

Last updated 2018-01-09

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Lady Health Workers Programme, Government of Pakistan

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Pakistan

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