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Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children: the impact of linking community kitchens to a school food program on women's economics, food security and mental health

Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children: a community-based intervention linking community kitchens to a school food program - the Healthy Kitchens component

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN34880574
Enrollment
40
Registered
2018-10-22
Start date
2014-06-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-09

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Conditions

Women's livelihoods, empowerment and mental health Not Applicable Women's livelihoods, empowerment and mental health

Interventions

This study, Healthy Kitchens, is a component of a wider study called Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children. The Healthy Kitchens component is designed as a pre-/post-intervention, where w

Sponsors

The Nestle Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female 2. Aged over 18 years 3. Living in one of two Palestinian camps in Lebanon (Bourj el Barajneh and Shatila) 4. Willing and physically able to work from 7.30am - 12.30pm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Women's livelihoods and economic empowerment at the baseline and after 9 months using: 1. A household expenditure questionnaire, adapted from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) 2. A women's empowerment questionnaire, adapted from the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The following are assessed at the baseline and after 9 months (unless otherwise stated): 1. Household food security, assessed using the Arab Family Food Security Scale 2. Mental health, assessed using the Mental Health Inventory - 5 (MHI-5) 3. Women's experience of participating in the intervention, assessed using open-ended questions at the end of the study (9 months)

Countries

Lebanon

Outcome results

None listed

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