BEMC JUNE 2021 - Sabine Gabrysch - "A Cluster-Randomised Field Trial in Practice: The FAARM Study"
Channel: Berlin Epidemiological Methods Colloquium
Date: 2021-06-11

Sabine Gabrysch, Berlin, Germany
"A cluster-randomised controlled field trial in practice: the Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM) study in Bangladesh"
"The FAARM cluster-randomized trial tests the hypothesis that integrated agriculture, nutrition and hygiene interventions can reduce undernutrition when children benefit in their crucial first 1000 days. We included 2700 young women in 96 settlements in rural Habiganj District, Bangladesh in an impact evaluation of a Homestead Food Production program implemented by the NGO Helen Keller International. Furthermore, we assessed the program impact pathways to discern how any impact is achieved. The study design, field implementation and first results will be presented, as well as an overview of interdisciplinary add-on projects."