MedTrace Logo

MAM'Out Project - Evaluation of Multiannual and Seasonal Cash Transfers to Prevent Acute Malnutrition

NCT01866124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1278

Last updated 2015-10-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The MAM'Out research project aims at evaluating a seasonal and multi-annual cash transfer program in the framework of a safety net to prevent acute malnutrition by children under 24 months, in terms of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in the Tapoa province (East region of Burkina Faso, Africa). The program will be targeted to economically vulnerable households with children less than 1 year old at the time of inclusion and the cash distributed to mothers. The transfers will be assimilated to unconditional ones, leading to beneficiaries' self-determination on the use that will be made of cash. This study will be designed as a two-arm cluster randomized intervention trial, based on randomization of rural villages of the Tapoa province. One arm will receive the intervention and one will be a control arm. The main outcomes will be the cumulative incidence of acute malnutrition (or wasting) and the cost-effectiveness. Anthropometric measures (height, weight and MUAC) will be measured, as well as indicators of dietary diversity, food security, health center frequentation, families' expenses and morbidities. Questionnaires and 24-hour food recalls will also be analyzed. Finally, based on a model theory framework built a priori, the pathways used by the cash to have an effect on the prevention of under-nutrition will be assessed.

Conditions

  • Acute Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Cash transfer

Recipient of transfers Mothers are the primary recipient of the CT. Cash is transferred using mobile phone credits that can be cashed at specific cash points provided by a telecom company.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Patrick Kolsteren, MD, PhD · Universiteit Gent, Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (Belgium)

  • Myriam Ait Aissa, MSc · Action Contre la Faim

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
12 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Burkina Faso

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01866124 on ClinicalTrials.gov