MedTrace Logo

Nutritional, and WASH Related Education Intervention to Address Malnutrition of Early Adolescents in Pakistan

NCT06009198 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 635

Last updated 2023-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Globally, one of the major risk factor for adolescent's morbidity is considered Malnutrition. Worldwide adolescent age group 10-19 is increasing and they are at increased risk of malnutrition related diseases resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Asian countries are suffering with the double burden of malnutrition including Pakistan. The risk factors that contribute to malnutrition in the population includes unsafe drinking water, poor sanitary conditions, lack of proper waste disposal facilities, poor health awareness, poor nutrition and hygiene. However, studies have shown that nutrition education, and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) programmes in the schools are effective strategies to promote the health status of the adolescents (girls and boys). The primary objective of this study is to determine a school based nutrition and WASH education intervention to improve nutritional status among early adolescents.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DRUG

Iron folate tablets

Iron folate tablets will be administered to the underweight school going adolescents girls and boys to see the affect on BMI and micronutrients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rozina Karmaliani, Dr · Aga Khan University school of Nursing and Midwifery karachi,pakistan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-30
Primary Completion
2022-03-15
Completion
2022-05-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT06009198 on ClinicalTrials.gov