Evaluation of a community-based management of acute malnutrition program in urban informal settlements, Mumbai

In urban informal settlements, can a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach, integrated with public health systems, reduce prevalence of acute malnutrition rates among children under the age of three?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN62834195

Enrollment

10000

Registered

2017-02-16

Start date

2012-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-10-07

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Conditions

Acute malnutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Malnutrition

Interventions

The intervention area includes informal settlements in Mumbai covered by the Government of India (GOI) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The NGO, SNEHA will coordinate integration of a Com

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Boys and girls 2. Under the age of three years 3. Living in the service areas of ICDS

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Acute malnutrition: For full intervention: Monthly growth monitoring of anthropometry will be conducted by intervention staff. Gender, weight in kilograms, and height in centimetres will be collected to measure acute malnutrition status based on WHO 2006 WHZ scores. For evaluation surveys at baseline, follow-up and endline, anthropometry will be conducted by investigators. Gender, weight in kilograms, and height in centimetres will be collected to measure acute malnutrition status based on WHO 2006 WHZ scores. Equipment used for both intervention and evaluation anthropometry include: Bubble levels (manufactured by Freemans Measures Pvt. Ltd.) to verify flat weighing locations. Children under two years of age lay or sit on an electronic baby weighing scale (manufactured by Nitiraj Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) and their lengths are measured on an infantometer (manufactured by Meditrin Instruments Pvt. Ltd.). Children over two years of age are weighed on an adult mechanical weighing scale and their heights are taken using carpenter measuring tapes. All measurements are taken by pairs of investigators.	—

Measure

Time frame

Acute malnutrition: For full intervention: Monthly growth monitoring of anthropometry will be conducted by intervention staff. Gender, weight in kilograms, and height in centimetres will be collected to measure acute malnutrition status based on WHO 2006 WHZ scores. For evaluation surveys at baseline, follow-up and endline, anthropometry will be conducted by investigators. Gender, weight in kilograms, and height in centimetres will be collected to measure acute malnutrition status based on WHO 2006 WHZ scores. Equipment used for both intervention and evaluation anthropometry include: Bubble levels (manufactured by Freemans Measures Pvt. Ltd.) to verify flat weighing locations. Children under two years of age lay or sit on an electronic baby weighing scale (manufactured by Nitiraj Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) and their lengths are measured on an infantometer (manufactured by Meditrin Instruments Pvt. Ltd.). Children over two years of age are weighed on an adult mechanical weighing scale and their heights are taken using carpenter measuring tapes. All measurements are taken by pairs of investigators.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Uptake of ICDS services by children under the age of three, assessed during the cluster-based cross-sectional evaluation surveys by asking the sampled caregiver whether her youngest child (under age 3) received services from ICDS in the previous month with further probing on what services were received. Measured at baseline, follow-up and endline.	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAnuja Jayaraman

Outcome results

None listed

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