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A Mixed Methods Study on How Urban Slum Food Environments Influence Caregivers' Feeding Practices for Children Under Five Years in Pune, India

NCT07146477 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 370

Last updated 2025-09-24

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to examine how urban slum food environments influence caregivers' feeding practices for children under five years of age in Pune. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What are the characteristics of the food environment in selected slums of Pune using the 5 A's framework: availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and accommodation?
* What are caregivers' perceptions of food safety, food prestige, and convenience as additional drivers of food choice within the slum context?
* Are caregivers' aware, and have understanding about the use of packaged food labels, especially in relation to identifying foods for young children?
* How do the local food environment and food choice (FEFC) drivers interact to influence caregivers' feeding practices, with a particular focus on the consumption of unhealthy foods and sugar-sweetened beverages among children under five years of age? Participants will be interviewed using digital forms to assess their food environment and food choice drivers. Anthropometric measurements of all children under five years of age in the household will be taken.

Conditions

  • Feeding Practices
  • Food Choices
  • Maternal and Child Health

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-29
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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