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Evaluation of Impacts of Health Education for Children of Microcredit Clients in Peru

NCT01047033 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2453

Last updated 2010-01-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This purpose of this study is to determine whether a health education intervention for clients of a microcredit organization in Peru will improve health outcomes among clients and their children.

Conditions

  • Child Health Status

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health education

30 minutes of a health education module delivered to clients by loan officers during monthly repayment meetings, over the course of 8 months.

OTHER

Microcredit

Small loans administered to clients through the collaborating microcredit organization, to be repaid monthly over the course of six months in the context of monthly loan group meetings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Medical Women's Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Berkeley

    collaborator OTHER

  • Center for Latin American Studies at UCB

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of California, San Francisco

    collaborator OTHER

  • Interdisciplinary MPH Program at the UCB School of Public Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Rainer Fund

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Innovations for Poverty Action

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lia Fernald, PhD MBA · University of California, Berkeley

  • Dean Karlan, PhD MBA MPP · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-02-29
Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • Peru

Study Locations

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