Nutritional Stunting
Conditions
Brief summary
About 1600 children 6 to 24 months old will be enrolled from 8 egg hubs. 4 hubs will be receive social marketing campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of eggs while the other 4 will not receive social marketing campaign. Children will provide a urine sample for analysis of metabolites to correlate with egg consumption.
Interventions
aims to raise awareness about the benefits of eggs - 'why eggs': increasing the value of eggs from a consumer perspective and encourage consumption of eggs by children (\<5yrs) and pregnant/lactating women
Sponsors
Project Peanut Butter, Malawi
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 24 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Health children between 6 and 24 months of age
Exclusion criteria
* acute malnutrition * congenital abnormalities * chronic debilitation disease such as heart disease, cerebral palsy, or HIV infection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amount of egg consumed daily | 12 Months | As determined by urinary metabolite concentrations. The specific metabolites will be identified in the course of the study. |
Countries
Malawi
Outcome results
None listed