Diarrhoea and respiratory infection
Conditions
Interventions
Community weaning food hygiene health education program for behavioural change of mothers of
Health education
Sponsors
Islamic Development Bank
University of Birmingham
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Village: Inclusion criteria Villages which are geographically unattached from one another (at least 3km apart) Primary Health Care villages in Central River Region Villages with 200 to 450 people. Mothers: All mothers of children 6 - 24 months who cooks and feeds child
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Village: Exclusion criteria Villages in which formative research was conducted Villages that do not consent to participate Villages benefitting from NaNA* or UNICEF interventions. Mothers: Mothers who are not permanently resident in the village Anyone who do not consent to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of key events (before food preparation, hands contaminated during cook, before feeding child) on which hands were observed cleaned with soap and water also observed (reheating thoroughly after storage of weaning food before first and second feedin of child, and wahsing of utensils before serving if dried on contaminated surfaces.) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of all observed boiling of water ready for drinking of child ;Contamination of weaning food and water (Coliform coutns;Reported diarrhea by mothers for the past 7 days . Admission during the most recent illness of diarrhoea;Reported Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI) by mothers for the past 7 days;diarrhoea diagnosis entered in clinic register for 6-24m children from study villlages;Respiratory infection diagnosis entered in clinic register for 6-24m children from study villages | — |
Countries
Gambia
Outcome results
None listed