TerminatedNot Applicable

A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya

Stopped: Not an applicable clinical trial (ACT).

United States246 participantsStarted 2011-11

Plain-language summary

This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural region of Kenya.

Who can participate

Age range1 Month – 6 Months

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Child of a mother living in the catchment area of the study who delivered during the enrollment period

What they're measuring

malnutrition prevalence

Timeframe: Measured when children are 24 months of age

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01679535

SponsorUniversity of New Mexico

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-12

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