Nutrition Disorder, Child, Wasting
Conditions
Keywords
Infant and Young Child Feeding, Program Evaluation, Food Supplementation, Biscuit, wasting children
Brief summary
Assessing program efficacy of under five food supplementation (PMT Biscuits) is needed after the first 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding, children were introduced to liquid and semi-solid food. In this phase of food introduction, children ability to accept food supplementation program was still questionable and the efficacy needs to be assessed. Another aspect that needed to be evaluated is assessing the efficacy of food supplementation to improve the nutritional status of wasting children in multiple cities to describe Indonesian geographical and socio-economic diversity (multi center studies). PMT biscuits supplementation intervention is accompanied by educational modules on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in order to improve caregiver's knowledge and skills in providing economically affordable and nutritious food for their children. PMT biscuits supplementation evaluation will be assessed at 9 months observations (3 months intervals). The observation will be conducted every month up until the first 3 months then the observation will be continued in 6th and 9th months of observation.
Interventions
OTHERNational portion & IYCF counseling
Eight or twelve pieces of Biscuits supplementation per day as serving size recommendation based on the requirement from Ministry of Health, accompanied by IYCF Counseling emphasizing on local food optimization. The difference in serving size recommendation will be evaluated to see the efficacy of Biscuits supplementation on wasting children age 6-23 months of age
OTHERAdjusted portion & local food counseling
four pieces of Biscuits supplementation per day as serving size recommendation, accompanied by IYCF Counseling. The difference in serving size recommendation will be evaluated to see the efficacy of Biscuits supplementation on wasting children age 6-23 months of age
Sponsors
SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
The intervention is running parallel in three arms. 1. The first arm as a control group obtaining only routine IYCF counseling by the cadre and without the provision of biscuits. If there are respondents at the first three months data collection who experience a decrease in nutritional status, then the respondent will be given biscuits immediately 2. The second arm as the first intervention group to get biscuit with portion as recommended by Ministry of Health and also given the IYCF counseling by the cadres and nutritionist 3. The third arm as the second intervention group receiving biscuit with adjustment in portion and IYCF Counseling that emphasize the optimization of local food In the 2nd and 3rd arm, treatment was administered for 3 months according to the recommended duration of biscuit delivery by the Ministry of Health, but all respondents from three arms will continue to be followed in third, sixth, and ninth months from the beginning of treatment.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 23 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 6-17 months (still included in under two years old children during the intervention period) * Underweight children by weight-per-height less than -2.00 * Not received PMT Biscuits at the time of recruitment * Parents agree to follow the research
Exclusion criteria
* Severe wasting (weight for height less than -3 Z-score) * Severe food insecurity households (Severe Household Food Insecurity) * Tuberculosis infection based on anamnesis * The possibility of moving to another city within 6 months of intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutritional status of wasting children | Through study completion, an average of 1 year. Measurement on changes in nutritional status from baseline and at third, sixth, & ninth months | Anthropometry measurement based on weight-for-length indicator (The WHO Child Growth Standards). Weight will be measured in kilograms using an equivalent quality measurement tool using SECA scales. The measuring instrument to be used in measuring the length of the child is a Shorrboard with a unit of cm, precision of 0.1 cm. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PMT biscuits compliance | Through study completion, an average of 1 year. At the first to third months after treatment started, then continued to be observed at the sixth and ninth months from the beginning of treatment. | The caregiver will be asked to fill a form every day noting on how many biscuits the children eat and its remaining stock for that day. The form will be collected by enumerator while doing regular observation. |
Countries
Indonesia
Outcome results
None listed