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Conditions
Interventions
In consultation with the villagers,
agricultural solutions were implemented in participating households in the four intervention villages in October 2014. Each household was provided with five hens (ISA-
Hisex Brown),
instructions on how to build chicken coups,
five types of vegetable seeds (Ivy gourd,
Yard long bean,
Pakchoi,
chilli,
eggplant) for home gardening,
and a nutrition education session and posters. These interventions were decided by the community in consultation with ICRAF (154). Participating households were visited monthly for six months to provi
and chicken feed.,The participating households in 4 control villages took part in a household survey that was conducted at the same time in Arm 1 villages at the beginning and end of the nutrition sen
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment
Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural intervention,Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural intervention
Sponsors
International Development Research Centre
World Agroforestry Centre
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be eligible to participate, adults needed to be a carer of a child aged up to 5 years old, give consent for involvement, and be willing to participate in other aspects of trial/experiment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Did not care for a child aged 0-5 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the proportion of children meeting minimum dietary diversity 12 months following initiation of the intervention % of children | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| total dietary diversity 12 months following initiation of the intervention %,proportion of children consuming particular food groups: eggs, green leafy vegetables and other frui 12 months following initiation of the intervention %,the mean anthropometric z-scores (HAZ, WAZ and WHZ) of children 12 months following initiation of the intervention HAZ, WAZ and WHZ - kg, metres and years,the proportion of children stunted, wasted or underweight 12 months following initiation of the intervention %,the proportion of households experiencing little or no food insecurity 12 months following initiation of the intervention % | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactPrasit Wangpakapattanawong
Knowledge Support Center for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (KSC-GMS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Ch
Outcome results
None listed