Evaluation of complementary nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and school garden interventions in Burkina Faso and Nepal

Conditions

Communicable diseases (soil-transmitted helminths, protozoa, Schistosomiasis) and Nutrition Infections and Infestations

Shrestha A, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sharma S, Koju R, Utzinger J, Cissé G.

2020-02-0324 citations

Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Akina Shrestha, Christian Schindler, Peter Odermatt, Jana Gerold, Séverine Erismann et al. (9 authors)

Parasites & Vectors2018-09-2943 citations

10.1186/s13071-018-3105-0

Prevalence and risk factors of undernutrition among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso.

Erismann S, Knoblauch AM, Diagbouga S, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Shrestha A, Tarnagda G, Savadogo B, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G.

2017-01-1944 citations

10.1186/s40249-016-0230-x

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso

Séverine Erismann, Serge Diagbouga, Peter Odermatt, Astrid M. Knoblauch, Jana Gerold et al. (11 authors)

Parasites & Vectors2016-10-18101 citations

10.1186/s13071-016-1835-4

Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children's nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal: a study protocol.

Erismann S, Shrestha A, Diagbouga S, Knoblauch A, Gerold J, Herz R, Sharma S, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Drescher A, Yang RY, Utzinger J, Cissé G.

2016-03-0910 citations

10.1186/s12889-016-2910-7

Interventions

With the results of the baseline assessments in Burkina Faso and Nepal, appropriate complementary nutrition-and health-sensitive interventions are designed to improve the nutritional and health status

and especially school, community and household sensitisation on improved hygiene and dietary behaviours. Two studies are conducted in 8 schools of Burkina Faso and in 16 schools of Nepal. The schools

2. One arm with the whole intervention package, means school garden, nutrition and WASH interventions. Randomised intervention trial with four study arms and 4 schools per arm in Nepal: 1. One arm wi

2. One arm with nutrition and WASH interventions but no school gardens

3. One arm with school gardens nutrition and WASH interventions

4. One arm without school gardens, nutrition and WASH interventions (control schools)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. School children, either male or female, aged 8-14 years in Burkina Faso and Nepal, attending the randomly selected schools and enrolled in grade 6 or 7. 2. Willing to sign a written informed consent by parents or legal guardians of the school children (Burkina Faso) and by school teachers (Nepal) 3. Oral consent from school children and willing to submit two stool samples, conduct a questionnaire interview, take anthropometric and haemoglobin measurements and clinical examination

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Absence of written informed consent 2. Child is younger than 8 or older than 14 years of age

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. In Burkina Faso, the primary outcome measure is the differences in the prevalence of parasitic infections between school children of the intervention and control groups. 2. In Nepal, the primary outcome measure is the difference in the nutritional and health status (especially focused on malnutrition) between school children of the intervention and control groups.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Assessing school children’s nutritional status (BMI for age, height for age), dietary diversity, haemoglobin level, and their nutrition- and WASH- related knowledge and practices. 2. Analysing water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions at the level of selected schools, households and communities at the baseline and end-line of the study. 3. Assessing household socio-economic determinants, food security situation and nutrition- and health-related KAP In Burkina Faso, the follow-up study will take place in February 2016 to evaluate possible changes in primary and secondary outcomes. In Nepal, the follow-up study will take place in May 2016 to evaluate the possible changes in primary and secondary outcomes.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Assessing school children’s nutritional status (BMI for age, height for age), dietary diversity, haemoglobin level, and their nutrition- and WASH- related knowledge and practices. 2. Analysing water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions at the level of selected schools, households and communities at the baseline and end-line of the study. 3. Assessing household socio-economic determinants, food security situation and nutrition- and health-related KAP In Burkina Faso, the follow-up study will take place in February 2016 to evaluate possible changes in primary and secondary outcomes. In Nepal, the follow-up study will take place in May 2016 to evaluate the possible changes in primary and secondary outcomes.

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Countries

Burkina Faso, Nepal

Contacts

Public ContactGuéladio Cissé

gueladio.cisse@unibasel.ch+41 (0)61 285 83 04

Outcome results

None listed