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Healthy Baby Healthy Mother Toolkit

NCT06594419 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 594

Last updated 2025-03-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of the research is to test whether integrating a mother-baby nutrition toolkit into routine antenatal care service can improve maternal and infant nutrition in Amhara, Ethiopia

Conditions

  • Maternal Nutrition
  • Child Nutrition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Mother Healthy Baby Toolkit

Customized bowl with markings to indicate the recommended amount of food that participants should consume in pregnancy and while exclusively breastfeeding in the first 6 months, as well as how much they should feed their babies at 6-8 months, 9-12 months, and 1-2 years respectively. The toolkit also includes a spoon used to test and ensure adequate thickness of the meals fed to infants \>6mos and a counseling card that indicates the frequency of meals, recommended food groups for meeting daily nutrient needs, and hand hygiene and hygienic food preparation

OTHER

Standard of care

The Ethiopian government and Saving Little Lives Initiative (SLL) standard of care includes maternal and infant nutrition education and counseling, iron and folic acid supplementation, as well as training on effective Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), primarily defined as exclusive breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact ≥ 8 hours per day-in the event of Low birth weight (LBW) or preterm delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency Fund and GDI solutions, LLC

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Amharic Public Health Institute (APHI)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy Webb Girard, PhD BSN · Rollins School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-27
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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