Clinical trial NCT04135625: Improving Nutrition in Children Under Two Through Increased Egg Consumption in Burkina Faso
Official title: Improving Nutrition in Children Under Two Through Increased Egg Consumption in Burkina Faso
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nutrition
Lead sponsor: University of Florida
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
First posted: 2019-10-22
Enrollment: 267
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This project targets vulnerable populations of smallholders, women and children and should lead to increased poultry production, increased egg consumption of children, improved nutrition, and increased household level resilience. This innovative intervention will be the gifting of chickens by religious leaders to children ages 6 to 12 months coupled with integrated nutrition and agricultural trainings.

Detailed description: This study involves innovative behavioral change theoretical methodology to empower caregivers as smallholder poultry producers by improving their access to livestock production resources and agricultural extension services, providing tools for improved decision making, and enhancing nutrition based knowledge. Smallholder production is important in eliminating food insecurities and building resilience to improve nutrition in children under 5. Based on the results of the Ethiopian egg project, through messaging and education, this study will foster favorable attitudes and consequent behavioral changes, including increased egg consumption.

Eligibility criteria: The study population will be selected with the assistance of the OCADES Caritas Kaya and the CHWs who are actively involved and trusted within the targeted village communities.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Living within the identified areas of the study population

Exclusion Criteria:

* history of egg allergies
* severe malnutrition

Primary outcomes:
measure: Increase egg consumption in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso
timeFrame: Baseline up to 12 months
measure: Increase egg consumption frequency in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso
timeFrame: Baseline up to 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Improve growth in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso.
timeFrame: Baseline up to 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ouagadougou
country: Burkina Faso
facility: Institut de l'Environnement et Recherches Agricoles (INERA)
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Florida
name: Sarah McKune, PhD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: McKune SL, Stark H, Sapp AC, Yang Y, Slanzi CM, Moore EV, Omer A, Wereme N'Diaye A. Behavior Change, Egg Consumption, and Child Nutrition: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2020 Dec;146(6):e2020007930. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-007930.
citation: Stark H, Omer A, Wereme N'Diaye A, Sapp AC, Moore EV, McKune SL. The Un Oeuf study: Design, methods and baseline data from a cluster randomised controlled trial to increase child egg consumption in Burkina Faso. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13069. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13069. Epub 2020 Aug 8.