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Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition

NCT02505711 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2705

Last updated 2022-05-18

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Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential of reducing young child undernutrition in low-income countries through an integrated program that trains women's groups in agriculture, nutrition, child care and hygiene.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Homestead Food Production program

Training and support for vegetable gardening and poultry rearing, and education on young child nutrition, hygiene and health topics, in women's groups, as designed by the international non-governmental organization (NGO) Helen Keller International (HKI).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helen Keller International

    collaborator OTHER

  • BRAC University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Giessen

    collaborator OTHER

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Department for International Development, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sabine Gabrysch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sabine Gabrysch, MD MSc PhD · Heidelberg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-14
Primary Completion
2020-02-15
Completion
2021-08-30

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