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Canned Herring for Prevention of Childhood Malnutrition During the Early Rainy Season in Rural Guinea-Bissau

NCT02496247 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2016-02-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the effectiveness of a weekly village distribution of canned herring for prevention of malnutrition in children aged 2-5 years old during a food-insecure time of the year in rural villages in Guinea-Bissau. The study will use community health workers to conduct the herring distribution, making this a test that will provide valuable information on what could become a practical food aid supplementation practice. The primary study hypothesis is that distribution of canned herring as a weekly food supplement to families with young children at the beginning of the rainy season will prevent a seasonal decrease in weight-for-age Z-score (primary variable) of children with mild to moderate malnutrition at baseline.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition
  • Undernutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Canned Herring

Families with children in this study arm will receive a weekly ration of herring throughout the 8-10 week study period (2 cans herring/day per study child).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • International Partnership for Human Development

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Global Food & Nutrition Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nina Schlossman · Global Food & Nutrition Inc.

  • Adrian Balan · International Partnership for Human Development

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2015-08-31

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