Impact evaluation of a cash transfer pilot program in the Kara and Savanes regions, Togo: to determine whether distribution of cash during pregnancy and infancy improves the nutritional status of mothers and young children.

Impact evaluation of a cash transfer pilot program in the Kara and Savanes regions, Togo: a randomised controlled trial to determine whether cash transfers during the first 1,000 days from conception though to infancy improve the nutritional status of mothers and young children

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN83330970

Enrollment

4208

Registered

2014-09-09

Start date

2014-05-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-02-08

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Conditions

Growth retardation Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Malnutrition

Interventions

1. Group A (control group): women and children attend education sessions 2. Group B (intervention): in addition to education sessions, women receive a cash transfer worth 5000 FCFA (~8

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children and their mothers willing to participate in the study, living in the villages which have been randomly selected as the treatment or control group. There are two stages to the trial: 1. Cash transfers: Pregnant women and their children up until the child is 24 months old 2. Evaluation: 6-59 month old children and their mothers that have taken part in the trial having received cash transfers and education sessions (treatment group) or as controls (education sessions only)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children and mothers having a mental or physical handicap that could affect growth and well-being.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Children's stature after 2 years of intervention, expressed in Height-for-Age Z score	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 28/08/2020: 1. Stunting 2. WHZ, wasting 3. Intermediary outcomes: 3.1. Child’s nutrition: IYCF practices (DDS7, MDD, MMF, MAD, iron-rich food), consumption of Animal source food (ASF) 3.2. Mother’s nutrition: MDD-W, DDS 10, number of meals, consumption of ASF 3.2. Household food insecurity: HFIAS (HHS) 3.3. Household food expenditures (as opposed to non-food expenditures) 3.4. Child’s health: morbidity on the previous 15 days, child’s health since birth as perceived by the mother, vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, deworming, regular medical follow-up and age at last medical follow-up, health-seeking behavior (children taken to a health center if sick) 3.5. Maternal health: prenatal and postnatal care (number of consultations, stage of pregnancy at first antenatal visit, TPI malaria, tetanus vaccine, iron supplementation) delivery in health facilities, delivery assisted by a skill birth attendant, birth weight and LBW of newborns 3.6. Child’s hygiene: hands, face, hair and clothes’ cleanliness 3.7. Mother’s hygiene: hands, face, hair and clothes’ cleanliness 3.8. Yard’s hygiene: animal feces, waste 3.9. Mother’s knowledge on nutrition, health and hygiene 3.10. Decision-making power of women 3.11. Intimate partner violence (IPV) 3.12. Child fostering 3.13. Enrollment in school 3.14 Birth registration Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Use of preventive healthcare services during pregnancy, for delivery and during early childhood (pregnancy and post-natal care) 2. Infant and Young Children Feeding practices (IYCF indicators including dietary diversity) 3. Weight-for-Heigh	—

Measure

Time frame

Current secondary outcome measures as of 28/08/2020: 1. Stunting 2. WHZ, wasting 3. Intermediary outcomes: 3.1. Child’s nutrition: IYCF practices (DDS7, MDD, MMF, MAD, iron-rich food), consumption of Animal source food (ASF) 3.2. Mother’s nutrition: MDD-W, DDS 10, number of meals, consumption of ASF 3.2. Household food insecurity: HFIAS (HHS) 3.3. Household food expenditures (as opposed to non-food expenditures) 3.4. Child’s health: morbidity on the previous 15 days, child’s health since birth as perceived by the mother, vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, deworming, regular medical follow-up and age at last medical follow-up, health-seeking behavior (children taken to a health center if sick) 3.5. Maternal health: prenatal and postnatal care (number of consultations, stage of pregnancy at first antenatal visit, TPI malaria, tetanus vaccine, iron supplementation) delivery in health facilities, delivery assisted by a skill birth attendant, birth weight and LBW of newborns 3.6. Child’s hygiene: hands, face, hair and clothes’ cleanliness 3.7. Mother’s hygiene: hands, face, hair and clothes’ cleanliness 3.8. Yard’s hygiene: animal feces, waste 3.9. Mother’s knowledge on nutrition, health and hygiene 3.10. Decision-making power of women 3.11. Intimate partner violence (IPV) 3.12. Child fostering 3.13. Enrollment in school 3.14 Birth registration Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Use of preventive healthcare services during pregnancy, for delivery and during early childhood (pregnancy and post-natal care) 2. Infant and Young Children Feeding practices (IYCF indicators including dietary diversity) 3. Weight-for-Heigh

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Countries

Togo

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026