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Operational research for Ethiopia Integrated Nutrition Project (EINP)

Effectiveness evaluation of community-based nutrition program in improving child growth and feeding practices in rural Eastern Ethiopia: a clustered randomized trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN89206590
Enrollment
2064
Registered
2014-11-03
Start date
2012-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-07-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Child undernutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Community-based Participatory Nutrition Education (Behavior Change Communication form), Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition, and Essential Nutrition Action activity (nutrition counselling

Sponsors

World Vision Korea (Korea)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Infants 6 to 24 months of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Length-for-age 2. Weight-for-age 3. Weight-for-length z scores 4. Prevalence of stunting, wasting and being underweight Children 6 to 12 months of age are measured by trained anthropometrists from the time of enrollment, at every 3 months, for five times, for their height with locally manufactured measuring boards nearest to 0.1 cm and weight with electronic weighing scales to nearest 0.01 kg. For example, a child whose age is 9 months old at enrollment will be measured at 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21 months old.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Complementary feeding practices such as dietary diversity and feeding frequency, and hand washing practices Mothers will be asked at the same timepoints that the primary outcomes are measured about her feeding and hygienic practices, e.g. how and what she fed child in the last 24 hours, and when she washed her hands by enumerators, through household visits.

Countries

Ethiopia

Outcome results

None listed

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