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Meals, Education, and Gardens for In-School Adolescents (MEGA) Project

NCT04788303 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1232

Last updated 2023-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This purpose of this study is to assess effects of a comprehensive, school-based nutrition intervention package on anemia status, anthropometric indicators, school performance/attendance, and development indicators among adolescents, and the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nutrition, agriculture, and WASH among parents, in Tanzania.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

School meal, garden, education, and community workshops

School meal: midday meal provided at intervention schools School garden: garden used to grow crops (which will be used to supplement the school meal in the full intervention schools) Education: agriculture, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) curriculum Community workshops: Led by agricultural extension workers and open to community members, the community workshops will cover nutrition messages, agricultural messages, and hands-on activities on nutrition, agriculture, and WASH.

OTHER

Garden, education, and community workshops

School garden: garden used to grow crops Education: agriculture, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) curriculum Community workshops: Led by agricultural extension workers and open to community members, the community workshops will cover nutrition messages, agricultural messages, and hands-on activities on nutrition, agriculture, and WASH.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Africa Academy for Public Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Dodoma

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wafaie W Fawzi, MBBS, MPH, MS, DrPH · Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-24
Primary Completion
2022-09-30
Completion
2022-09-30

Countries

  • Tanzania

Study Locations

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Diseases

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