Iron deficiency anemia Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Iron deficiency anaemia, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
400 Villages are randomized to:
1. 200 control villages
2. 200 sales treatment villages: Within sales treatment, 7 households in each of 62 villages get free salt distribution
Double Fortified Salt:
Sponsors
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia (India)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For the marketing (sales) experiment, all persons living in the village are included. Households choose to purchase and consume Double Fortified Salt (or not) in the treatment clusters. Individuals who consume meals made in homes that purchase Double Fortified Salt will consume supplemental iron. There are no inclusion criteria for individuals. For the free distribution of Double Fortified Salt arm, 7 households were randomly selected from the 15 households who were also randomly selected to be measurement households in the treatment villages. Individuals in these households will consume supplemental iron if the person responsible for cooking chooses to use the free Double Fortified Salt and if the individual consumes meals made at home.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: There are no exclusion criteria for individuals.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hemoglobin level measured by hemocue, anemia according to age/sex/pregnancy benchmarks. This is measured at baseline and endline. Endline is approximately 15-18 months after the beginning of salt distribution to stores. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Body mass index (BMI) 1.1. Weight measured twice (and a third time if difference between first two trials is more than 0.5 kg) by enumerators during survey in the home using flat scales. 1.2. Height measured twice (and a third time if difference between first two trials is more than 0.5 cm) by enumerators during survey in the home using stadiometers for adults and child mats for infants. 2. Mid-Upper Arm Circumference is measured twice (and a third time if difference between first two trials is more than 0.5 cm) by enumerators during survey in the home using Seca Measuring Tapes 3. Number of Activities of Daily Living that can be completed: Enumerator, as a part of survey in the home, records the respondent's self-reported rating (1-4 in increasing order of difficulty in doing a task) of ease with which he/she can do a set of six activities of daily living 4. Self-reported health: Enumerator, as a part of survey in the home, records the respondent's self-reported rating (1-4 in increasing order of worsening state of health) of the current state of his or her health 5. Queens College Step Test 6. Time to walk 4 meters: Enumerator, as a part of survey in the home, records the time taken (using a stopwatch) by a respondent to walk 4 meters (marked out on the ground outdoors using a measuring tape) 7. Time to sit and stand up 5 times in a row: Enumerator, as a part of survey in the home, records the time taken (using a stopwatch) by a respondent to sit and stand up 5 times in a row from a chair 8. Depression index based on the CES-D from self-reports on mental states 9. The Lucknow Development Screen for infant development 10. Memory batteries for children (digit spans from PGI Memory Scales and block tapping test from the NIMHANS child neurpsoychology tests) 11. Memory for adults (four subtests of the PGI Memory Scale) 12. Hindi Mental State Exam for adults over 50 13. School attendance and performance, work attendance, value of consumption, and time use including | — |
Countries
India
Outcome results
None listed