Effectiveness of a 3-group food guide in improving the caregivers' feeding practices and nutritional status of their children

Dietary Guidance to Enhance Caregivers' Food Selection Practices and their Children's Nutritional Status: A Randomized Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202002810799672

Enrollment

120

Registered

2020-02-26

Start date

2014-08-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Paediatrics

Interventions

Food guide or FG group

IYCF Group

Hair Plaiting Group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -All healthy children that were aged 6-14 months during the recruitment period were eligible for the study if they lived in the selected household. -All caregivers in selected households that agreed to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Children born with congenital problems that affect food intake and/or growth - Caregivers that refused to take part in any of the study components

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- Caregivers child-feeding practices based on Child Feeding Index score.;Nutrition status of children based on weight-for-age and Mid-upper arm circumference for age	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Children dietary intake	—

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactEunice Bonsi

Professor

ebonsi@tuskegee.edu+13347278816

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026