Determination of whether one-on-one counselling of mothers in their houses improves their infant feeding practices and eventually nutritional and health status of the child in two slums in Nairobi - Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition study (MIYCN)

Effectiveness of personalized home-based nutritional counselling of pregnant and lactating mothers on infant feeding practices, morbidity and nutritional status of infants in Nairobi slums: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN83692672

Enrollment

800

Registered

2012-11-28

Start date

2012-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-05-25

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Conditions

Nutritional status Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

The intervention will involve personalised, home-based counselling of pregnant and lactating women on maternal, infant and young child nutrition. Pregnant women in the treatment group will be visited

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women who consent to participate in the study 2. Aged between 12 - 49 years old in Korogocho and Viwandani, Nairobi 3. Members of the NUHDSS and their respective children (when born)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Women who are recruited but give birth before receiving the first (counselling) visit by the community health worker

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding; measured using questionnaire administered to the mother. Data will be collected every two months during pregnancy and every month during the child?s first year of life 2. Child morbidity from diarrhoea; 14-day recall by the mother /caregiver using a questionnaire; Data will be collected every month during the child?s first year of life 3. Child nutritional status; determined using data on anthropometric measurements (height, weight, mid-upper-arm circumference) and body composition determined using DXA machine. Anthropometric measurements will be taken every month during infancy while body composition assessment will be done at three months and at the end of infancy	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding; measured using questionnaire administered to the mother. Data will be collected every two months during pregnancy and every month during the child?s first year of life 2. Child morbidity from diarrhoea; 14-day recall by the mother /caregiver using a questionnaire; Data will be collected every month during the child?s first year of life 3. Child nutritional status; determined using data on anthropometric measurements (height, weight, mid-upper-arm circumference) and body composition determined using DXA machine. Anthropometric measurements will be taken every month during infancy while body composition assessment will be done at three months and at the end of infancy

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Maternal nutritional status; determined using data on anthropometric measurements (height, weight, mid-upper-arm circumference) and body composition determined using stable isotope technique. Anthropometric measurements will be taken every two months during pregnancy and during the first year of the child?s life, while body composition assessment will be done at recruitment and in the third pregnancy trimester on a 10% sample of women 2. Child motor development; self-reported by the mother/caregiver using questionnaire and direct observation every month during the child?s first year of life 3. Morbidity from other childhood illnesses other than diarrhoea e.g. respiratory illnesses; 14-day recall by the mother /caregiver using a questionnaire; Data will be collected every month during the child?s first year of life 4. Cost-effectiveness	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Maternal nutritional status; determined using data on anthropometric measurements (height, weight, mid-upper-arm circumference) and body composition determined using stable isotope technique. Anthropometric measurements will be taken every two months during pregnancy and during the first year of the child?s life, while body composition assessment will be done at recruitment and in the third pregnancy trimester on a 10% sample of women 2. Child motor development; self-reported by the mother/caregiver using questionnaire and direct observation every month during the child?s first year of life 3. Morbidity from other childhood illnesses other than diarrhoea e.g. respiratory illnesses; 14-day recall by the mother /caregiver using a questionnaire; Data will be collected every month during the child?s first year of life 4. Cost-effectiveness

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Countries

Kenya

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 21, 2026