Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Hypothesis N°1: The children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs enhances caretakers and health workers skills, knowledge and practices on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and child care. Hypothesis N°1: children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs approach improves children growth and health.

Official Title
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Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status. A Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso.

Conditions
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Malnutrition

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Growth promotion based on child centered approach


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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-Inclusion Criteria: all women of childbearing age in the third trimester of pregnancy, living in the study area for at least one year at the time of the inclusion and who gave informed consent. Exclusion Criteria:
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Growth promotion based on child centered approach<br> | Behavioral: Growth promotion based on child centered approach<br>* - Preventive consultations will be reorganized. From the child birth, a follow-up schedule will be establish in agreement with the mother, and the subsequent appointment will be renew at each meeting. Ten contacts will be organized for children under two years. During the first year, the number of contacts will be limited to 6 at birth , 2 , 3, 4 and 9 months to complete the vaccination schedule and an additional contact at 7 months to allow monitoring during the introduction of complementary foods. Four contacts will be held for the second year to 12, 15, 18 and 24 months to monitor the transition from complementary food to the family diet. - Inclusion of Child Centered growth promotion approach. During preventive consultations, specific messages according to the child age, health and nutritional status will be developed, based on scientific evidences and adapted to the experience and knowledge of health workers.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incidence of acute malnutrition |  | 18 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incidence of Diarrhea, fever, Acute respiratory infection |  | 18 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cluster Randomized Trial,, Nutrition counseling,, Caretaker's knowledge, Child growth,, Prevention,, Acute malnutrition