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A community based trial to study the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate nutrition educational intervention delivered through health services to improve growth and feeding of 6 months to 1 year old infants in Chandigarh.

Effectiveness of a culturally appropriate nutrition educational intervention delivered through health services to improve growth and complementary feeding of 6 months to 1 year old infants in Chandigarh: a quasi experimental study .

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/03/012512
Enrollment
404
Registered
2018-03-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Intervention group: Mother infant dyad will be enrolled at the baseline, and they will be followed up for 6 months after initiation of the intervention. Prior formative research in the

Sponsors

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Mother-infant dyad with age of infant between 4 to 6 months of age. 2. Parents who are residing in the study area for the past 6 months and have no plans to migrate during the intervention period. 3. Mothers, ANMs and anganwadi workers who will give consent to be the part of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severely ill infant or infant having clinical complications requiring hospitalization. 2. Infants with cerebral palsy or other congenital anomalies/malformations.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Mean change in the weight for age.Timepoint: Baseline and Endline (after 6 months)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Mean change in length for age, mean change in weight for length, change in level of maternal knowledge and practice of recommended infant and child feeding practices, change in proportion of infants who were consuming food from 4 or more food categories, change in proportion of infants who were consuming minimum recommended no. of meals per day.Timepoint: Baseline and Endline (after 6 months)

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactNikita Sharma

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

madhugupta21@gmail.com7087008223

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026