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Community Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Tribal Area of Melghat- Cluster Randomized Control Field Trial

NCT02671786 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 824

Last updated 2016-02-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Provision of community based health care to severely malnourished children (Age group: 6 months through 5 years) in 16 tribal villages by trained semi-literate village health workers.

1. Treatment of severely malnourished children.
2. Growth monitoring of all children below the age of 5 years.
3. Treatment of associated diseases like Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Malaria, etc.
4. Management of resistant or relapsed severely malnourished cases by pediatrician.
5. Intensive behavior change communication of parents of children below the age of 5 years for proper nutrition.

Conditions

  • Child Nutrition Disorders
  • Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

MAHAN RUTF & MAHAN Vit-Min mix

MAHAN RUTF dishes are locally prepared by local tribal women and each packet of RUTF provides 500-550 calories \& 15-17 gms of proteins.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • MAHAN Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vibhawari Dani, MBBS; MD · Research Director

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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