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NCT Number: NCT00816946

District-based Mainstreaming Nutrition Project in Rural Pakistan

This study aims to provide evidence regarding the feasibility of integrating an enhanced maternal and child care health education package into the existing curricula of the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (LHW Program) and evaluating the feasibility of scaling-up as well as the impact on birth outcomes, nutritional status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns at the community level.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

AKU-Peds Naushero Feroze Site Office

Naushero Feroze, Sindh, Pakistan

About this study

This project aims to do the following:

  • To evaluate the operational feasibility of integrating an enhanced health education and nutrition package into the existing curriculum of the National Program for FP/PHC (LHW Program)
  • Impact of the implementation of the full package of evidence-based nutrition interventions on the nutrition status, morbidity patterns and overall survival patterns in the district

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Live born infants and young children from all registered pregnancies within participating villages and catchment population
  • pregnant women
  • Consent given by at least one of the parents

Exclusion criteria

  • Children born with congenital malformations or serious birth injury
  • Suspected non-compliance (mobile and poorly motivated parents).
  • Failure to give consent

Treatment and study plan

Enhanced education

Behavioral

Enhanced Nutritional education/counseling to mothers on the following topics:

During Pregnancy: diet during pregnancy; antenatal care; iron tablets; colostrum Postpartum period: difficulties during lactation; diet during lactation; EBF; childhood vaccination; newborn care Complementary Feeding General Health: vitamin A; diarrhea management; iodine; hygiene for health; protection from malaria; ARI & protection against ARI

Primary outcomes

  1. mother pregnancy weight gain in 3rd trimester

    Time frame: at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery

  2. mothers Hb level

    Time frame: at time of enrollment, 2 weeks before delivery

  3. child's birthweight

    Time frame: at birth

Secondary outcomes

  1. young child's growth

    Time frame: 0, 3, 6, 12, 18 mths, at end of study

  2. dietary diversity of CF

    Time frame: 6 mths, 9mths, 12mths, 18 mths

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aga Khan University

Other

Collaborators

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
  • National Lady Health Workers Programme, Government of Pakistan

Registry information

Official study title

Scaling up Evidence-based Nutrition Interventions to Address Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Pakistan: a District-based Demonstration Project in Rural Sindh

Acronym: NF Nutrition

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jan 5, 2009
Registry last updated
Jan 9, 2018

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