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NCT Number: NCT01977365

Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status

Hypothesis N°1: The "children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs" enhances caretakers and health workers skills, knowledge and practices on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and child care.

Hypothesis N°1: children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs" approach improves children growth and health.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

Ouagadougou, Kadiogo, 06 BP 7192, Burkina Faso

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

-Inclusion Criteria: all women of childbearing age in the third trimester of pregnancy, living in the study area for at least one year at the time of the inclusion and who gave informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

Growth promotion based on child centered approach

Behavioral
  • Preventive consultations will be reorganized. From the child birth, a follow-up schedule will be establish in agreement with the mother, and the subsequent appointment will be renew at each meeting.

Ten contacts will be organized for children under two years. During the first year, the number of contacts will be limited to 6 at birth , 2 , 3, 4 and 9 months to complete the vaccination schedule and an additional contact at 7 months to allow monitoring during the introduction of complementary foods.

Four contacts will be held for the second year to 12, 15, 18 and 24 months to monitor the transition from complementary food to the family diet.

  • Inclusion of Child Centered growth promotion approach. During preventive consultations, specific messages according to the child age, health and nutritional status will be developed, based on scientific evidences and adapted to the experience and knowledge of health workers.

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of acute malnutrition

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Diarrhea, fever, Acute respiratory infection

    Time frame: 18 months

Other outcomes

  1. incidence of exclusive breastfeeding rates

    Time frame: 18 months

  2. Child dietary diversity score

    Time frame: 18 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status. A Cluster Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso.

Acronym: LUCOMAI

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Nov 6, 2013
Registry last updated
Nov 6, 2013

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