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Philani Home-based Nutrition Intervention Program

NCT00995592 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 684

Last updated 2009-10-15

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Summary

Malnourished children and babies with birth weights under 2500 grams are at high risk for negative outcomes over their lifespan. Philani, a paraprofessional home-visiting program, was mounted in neighborhoods in three townships in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2002 to 2004 to improve nutritional outcomes.

One mentor mother was recruited from each of 37 neighborhoods. Mentor mothers were trained to conduct home visits to weigh children and to support mothers to problem-solve life challenges, especially around nutrition. Households were randomly assigned on a 2-to-1 ratio to the Philani program or to a standard care condition. Children were evaluated over a 1-year period.

The investigators hypothesized that children in the intervention would gain more weight than children in the control.

Conditions

  • Child Weight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Philani nutrition intervention program (mentor mothers)

Behavioral intervention was offered through mentor mothers. Mentors were mothers in community who were selected by because they were doing well. They were trained to conduct home visits, up to 16 times over one year period, ranging from 20 minutes to 2 hours. Mentor mothers worked to improve health of mother and their child and build social support in neighborhood.

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Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2005-07-31
Completion
2005-07-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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