Clinical Trial: A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya
Brief 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.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University of New Mexico
Current Primary Outcome: malnutrition prevalence [ Time Frame: Measured when children are 24 months of age ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Child growth [ Time Frame: Measured when children are 24 months of age ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: University of New Mexico
Dates:
Date Received: August 29, 2012
Date Started: November 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 4, 2015
Last Verified: February 2015