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NCT Number: NCT04135625

Improving Nutrition in Children Under Two Through Increased Egg Consumption in Burkina Faso

This project targets vulnerable populations of smallholders, women and children and should lead to increased poultry production, increased egg consumption of children, improved nutrition, and increased household level resilience. This innovative intervention will be the gifting of chickens by religious leaders to children ages 6 to 12 months coupled with integrated nutrition and agricultural trainings.

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Key information

Conditions

Nutrition

Age range

6 month–18 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Institut de l'Environnement et Recherches Agricoles (INERA)

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

About this study

This study involves innovative behavioral change theoretical methodology to empower caregivers as smallholder poultry producers by improving their access to livestock production resources and agricultural extension services, providing tools for improved decision making, and enhancing nutrition based knowledge. Smallholder production is important in eliminating food insecurities and building resilience to improve nutrition in children under 5. Based on the results of the Ethiopian egg project, through messaging and education, this study will foster favorable attitudes and consequent behavioral changes, including increased egg consumption.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

The study population will be selected with the assistance of the OCADES Caritas Kaya and the CHWs who are actively involved and trusted within the targeted village communities.

Inclusion criteria

  • Living within the identified areas of the study population

Exclusion criteria

  • history of egg allergies
  • severe malnutrition

Treatment and study plan

Integrated nutrition and agricultural (INA) trainings

Behavioral

Monthly INA training session to help increase knowledge about nutrition and chicken husbandry and help to increase resiliency on a household level.

Ceremonial Gifting of Livestock

Behavioral

Egg laying chickens will be presented as a gift to the child by a community champion (their religious leader or village chief)) during a gifting ceremony

Primary outcomes

  1. Increase egg consumption in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso

    Time frame: Baseline up to 12 months

    Dietary recall survey requesting caregiver/ parental recall of their child's dietary intake over the past week to include egg consumption embedded within the questionnaire The percentage of children consuming eggs will be calculated based on a yes response from the parent.The outcome measure will be described as the percentage of children consuming eggs with in the study population.

  2. Increase egg consumption frequency in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso

    Time frame: Baseline up to 12 months

    Dietary recall survey requesting caregiver/ parental recall of their child's dietary intake over the past week to include frequency of eggs given embedded within the questionnaire.The outcome measure will be described as the mean number of eggs consumed in the past week by children enrolled in the study that consume eggs .

Secondary outcomes

  1. Improve growth in children under two living in Kaya, Burkina Faso.

    Time frame: Baseline up to 12 months

    Anthropometric measurements to include weight in kilograms, height in centimeters of enrolled children. Measurements will be aggregated to calculate z scores based on the child's age calculated in days and the wight and height of the anthropometric measurements.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Florida

Other

Collaborators

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 22, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 30, 2021

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