Effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention to improve complementary feeding practices in Malawi: a restricted randomized trial

Effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention to improve complementary feeding practices in Malawi: a restricted randomized trial - IMCF Malawi

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003234

Enrollment

2400

Registered

2011-08-25

Start date

2011-08-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

E45 E50.9 D50.9

Interventions

Group 1: FAO/FICA implements activities to improve food security only. Group 2: FAO/FICA implements activities to improve food security and in addition nutrition edcucation for behaviour change to im

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 Days to 23 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Households with children under two years of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Households with no children under two years of age

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The Height for age Z-Score (HAZ) of children below 2 years will increase if TIPs recommendations and recipes are locally available and accepted.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anemia (A) among children between 6 and 23 months, defined as hemoglobin level of < 11g/dl, will decrease by 25 %. Retinol binding protein (RBP) levels will decrease by 15% among children with a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of < 12mg/l. Prevalence of children with presumed acute respiratory infections and fever (ARI) and diarrhea (D) in the last two weeks prior the survey will decrease by 25%. There will be differences in knowledge of age-appropriate complementary feeding (KCF) of children between caretakers measured using a knowledge score in interventions and controls. TIPs formative research generates nutritionally improved, culturally acceptable and affordable recipes which result in improved feeding practices and food intake which will result in a higher dietary diversity score for the children	—

Measure

Time frame

Anemia (A) among children between 6 and 23 months, defined as hemoglobin level of < 11g/dl, will decrease by 25 %. Retinol binding protein (RBP) levels will decrease by 15% among children with a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of < 12mg/l. Prevalence of children with presumed acute respiratory infections and fever (ARI) and diarrhea (D) in the last two weeks prior the survey will decrease by 25%. There will be differences in knowledge of age-appropriate complementary feeding (KCF) of children between caretakers measured using a knowledge score in interventions and controls. TIPs formative research generates nutritionally improved, culturally acceptable and affordable recipes which result in improved feeding practices and food intake which will result in a higher dietary diversity score for the children

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Countries

Malawi

Contacts

Public ContactBeatrice Mtimuni

Bunda College of Agriculture, Department of Home Economics and Human Nutrition

bmtimuni@bunda.unima.mw/

Outcome results

None listed

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