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Reducing childhood illness - fostering growth: an integrated home-based intervention package (IHIP) improving indoor-air pollution, drinking water quality and child nutrition

Integrated environmental home-based intervention package for child survival: a community randomised trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN28191222
Enrollment
2000
Registered
2010-04-14
Start date
2008-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2016-11-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Diarrhoea, acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI), pneumonia Respiratory Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

Interventions

Intervention arm: improved stoves, kitchen sink and hygiene, solar drinking water disinfection Control arm: early childhood psychomotoric stimulation The improved stoves and kitchen sink and water tr

Sponsors

Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (IIN) (Peru)
Lead Sponsor
Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) (Switzerland)
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Youngest child of household between 6 - 36 months of age, either sex 2. Living permanently in each of the 653 households in 54 communities of the study area identified during a population census 3. The child has no chronic disease or congenital malformation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Diarrhoea incidence, longitudinal prevalence from daily diarrhoeal illness assessments, recorded by field investigators during weekly home visit for the entire 12 months follow-up period 2. Child growth parameters, taken monthly during the follow up

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Compliance to use interventions, recorded by field investigators during weekly home visit for the entire 12 months follow-up period 2. Bacterial load reduction in drinking water and kitchen cloths exposed to sunlight, recorded by field investigators during weekly home visit for the entire 12 months follow-up period 3. Acceptability of the intervention and uptake in the control group after study end Individual psychomotoric child development indicators are assessed every two months during home visit for the entire 12 months follow-up period.

Countries

Peru

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026