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NCT Number: NCT02236468

Creating Homestead Agriculture for Nutrition and Gender Equity (CHANGE) in Burkina Faso

The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term impact of the Enhanced Homestead Food Production Program implemented by HKI on household food security and nutritional status, as well as the impact on including additional interventions (BCC on WASH and malaria prevention, distribution of preventive lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS)) to children aged 6-24 months old, in addition to the standard E-HFP model.

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Key information

Conditions

Anemia Growth Retardation Hematologic Diseases Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

Age range

Up to 12 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hellen Keller International

Fada, Gourma, Burkina Faso

About this study

Over the past twenty years, Helen Keller International (HKI) has implemented its Homestead Food Production (HFP) program to increase household production of micronutrient-rich foods and improve the quality of diets among vulnerable households across Asia and, more recently, Africa. As part of the program, village model farms -which support diversified, year-round production of micronutrient-rich crops, and improved breeds of poultry and small animals-are established to demonstrate gardening and small animal-raising techniques to program participants. Program participants in turn are established to demonstrate gardening and small animal-raising techniques to program participants. Program participants in turn are provided with small inputs such as seeds, seedlings, and small tools to establish home gardens using techniques they learn at the village model farms. In addition, the program uses a behavior change communication (BCC) strategy to increase participant's health and nutrition-related knowledge and practices.

In 2010, HKI introduced an enhanced-HFP (E-HFP) model in the Gourma province of Burkina Faso with support from the USAID. The project used a randomized cluster design to assess the impact of HKI's package of interventions on 1,200 beneficiary and 800 control children aged 3-12 months at baseline. Given the encouraging results of IFPRI's first evaluation of that project, HKI is working to continue to improve and evaluate its E-HFP program in Burkina Faso. Based on the recommendations from the initial evaluation in Burkina Faso, this research aims to assess both the long-term impact of the E-HFP program as well as the impact of including additional interventions, using the E-HFP platform to deliver these interventions. The primary research questions that will be addresses will be:

  • What is the relative impact of a long-term E-HFP program compared to a short-term E-HFP program on household food security and child nutritional status?
  • What is the impact of including additional messages and the promotion of practices related to water, sanitation, hygiene, and malaria prevention (including bednet utilization) in the BCC strategy, in addition to the standard E-HFP model?
  • What is the impact of distributing preventive lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) to children between the ages of 6-24 months in addition to participation in the E-HFP program + additional messages and the promotion of practices related to water, sanitation, hygiene, and malaria prevention (including bednet utilization)?

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Mother of child between the ages of 0 and 12 months and her child

Exclusion criteria

  • N/A

Treatment and study plan

Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program (old)

Other

Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening and nutrition and health behavior change communication since 2010

WASH/malaria behavior change

Behavioral

WASH/malaria behavior change communication

LNS distribution

Dietary Supplement

Distribution of Nutributter (Fanga Degue) for children

Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program (new)

Other

Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening, poultry rearing and nutrition and health behavior change communication since 2014

Primary outcomes

  1. Hemoglobin (g/dl)

    Time frame: Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 0 and 12 months of age at baseline and 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 24 and 36 months.

    Changes in hemoglobin (g/dl) and in prevalence of anemia (<11g/dl) will be measured over the course of the two year program period.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Dietary diversity (%)

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Measured with a questionnaire using a qualitative 24h recall. Unit: Number of food group consumed and percentage of children having consumed 4 groups (upon 7) the previous day .

  2. Food security (%)

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Measured with a questionnaire to calculate the HFIAS score. Unit: percentage of household

  3. Biochemical markers

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Change in plasmatic concentration of iron biomarkers (tranferrin receptors and ferritin; TfR in mg/L and F in μg/L), in concentration of vitamine A biomarkers (retinolbindingprotein; RBP in μmol/L) and inflammatory proteins (C-reactiveprotein and alpha-1 acidglycoprotein; CRP in mg/L and AGP in g/L).

  4. Women's empowerment (%)

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Measured by questionnaire, using a decision-making module and a domestic violence module. Percentage of women over a calculated score.

  5. Maternal health and nutrition/WASH/malaria-related knowledge (%)

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Using questionnaire on knowledge. Percentage of women giving adequate answer.

  6. IYCF/WASH/malaria practices (%)

    Time frame: Baseline (2014) and after 24 months at Endline (2016)

    Using questionnaire on practices. Percentage of women with adequate practices.

  7. Growth (Z-score and %)

    Time frame: Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 0 and 12 months of age at baseline and 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 24 and 36 months.

    Change in heigh-for-age Z-scores, weight-for-age Z-scores and weight-for-height Z-scores will be measured as well as the change in the prevalence of stunting (HAZ<-2), underweight (WAS<-2) and wasting (WHZ<-2) over the course of the two year program period.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Other

Collaborators

  • Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • Helen Keller International

Registry information

Official study title

Creating Homestead Agriculture for Nutrition and Gender Equity in Burkina Faso

Acronym: CHANGE

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 10, 2014
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2016

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