Perfecting Parenting: integrated evaluation of micronutrient deficiencies and parenting practices in rural China

A cluster-randomized controlled trial to measure the impact of a combined nutrition and parenting intervention on child and parent outcomes in rural China

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN77826378

Enrollment

600

Registered

2023-02-27

Start date

2014-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-03-13

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Conditions

Evaluation of parenting attitudes, knowledge, and practice on rural Chinese children's early development, health, nutrition, and physical growth. Not Applicable

Interventions

All communities (villages) in the sample are randomly assigned to intervention and control using a computerized random number generator. Families assigned to the control group receive

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All babies aged 18 to 30 months at the start of the study (and their main caregivers) who lived in the sample villages.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Babies from rich urban areas 2. Babies with severe anemia after initial blood tests (these children will then be referred to a doctor for treatment) 3. Babies outside of the age range (18-30 months)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Children's cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional development are measured using the following methods at baseline and endline: 1.1. Cognition, language, motor, and social-emotional development measured using scales of the first edition of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-I) for younger children, and the Griffith Mental Development Scales (GMDS-ER 2–8) for older children 1.2. Communication, gross motor, fine motor, personal-social, problem-solving, and overall development measured using scales of the third edition of the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) 1.3. Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) 2. Child micronutrient status measured using hemoglobin values in fingerprick blood testing at baseline and endline 3. Child height and weight measured using scales at baseline and endline	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Children's cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional development are measured using the following methods at baseline and endline: 1.1. Cognition, language, motor, and social-emotional development measured using scales of the first edition of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-I) for younger children, and the Griffith Mental Development Scales (GMDS-ER 2–8) for older children 1.2. Communication, gross motor, fine motor, personal-social, problem-solving, and overall development measured using scales of the third edition of the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) 1.3. Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) 2. Child micronutrient status measured using hemoglobin values in fingerprick blood testing at baseline and endline 3. Child height and weight measured using scales at baseline and endline

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Caregivers’ attitudes, knowledge, and behavior with regard to parenting practices measured using a comprehensive household questionnaire administered to the primary caregiver of the child at baseline	—

Countries

China, United States of America

Contacts

Public ContactAlexis Medina

amedina5@stanford.edu+1 650 724 9254

Outcome results

None listed

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