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Evaluating a Family-based Nutrition and Garden Intervention in Rural Guatemala

NCT03689504 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2021-11-09

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Summary

This is a pilot quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of adding a family garden intervention to an existing wrap-around nutrition intervention for children with chronic malnutrition and their family. The existing nutrition intervention is provided by community health workers affiliated with Wuqu' Kawoq \| Maya Health Alliance. A single community in rural Guatemala will participate in the intervention, with the goal to recruit approximately 70 families in the combined nutrition/garden intervention. A nearby community, also participating in the nutrition intervention, will serve as a nonrandom contemporaneous control.

Aims of the study include:

1. Evaluate the impact of the garden intervention on maternal and child dietary diversity, child growth and household food insecurity.
2. Use the Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to conduct a preliminary implementation analysis, to guide a future, well-controlled study.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition
  • Dietary Modification

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Standard of care nutrition support

Subjects will be provided with a standard food ration and with a multiple micronutrient powder (Chispitas) or lipid-based nutrient supplement (Nutributter)

BEHAVIORAL

Home-based nutrition education

Health promoters will use 24-hour dietary recall information to assess meal frequency and dietary diversity and then provide tailored nutrition coaching to parents.

BEHAVIORAL

Home-based family gardening

Health promoters will facilitate the building and maintenance of a family home garden using a square foot or container gardening method.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wuqu' Kawoq, Maya Health Alliance

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Rohloff, MD PhD · Wuqu' Kawoq

  • Beth Jimenez, RDN PhD · University of New Mexico

  • Andrea Guzman, RDN · Wuqu' Kawoq

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-20
Primary Completion
2020-05-11
Completion
2020-07-31

Countries

  • Guatemala

Study Locations

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