NCT01312987

Improving Nutrition and Health Outcomes in Intibuca, Honduras (MANI I)

Improving Nutrition and Health Outcomes in Intibuca, Honduras

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shoulder to Shoulder · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Months – 18 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to assess what impact an integrated educational and feeding intervention delivered to infants and children has on growth (weight and height), development (cognitive and gross motor), nutrition (dietary behaviors, food insecurity, and micronutrient status - folate, iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D), and morbidity (respiratory and diarrheal) outcomes. A randomized community trial was used to implement a nutrition intervention program consisting of monthly education sessions, a lipid-based nutrition supplement, and food vouchers for local staples.

Conditions

• Malnutrition
• Undernutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Lipid-based nutritional supplement	After gradual introduction of the lipid-based nutritional supplement, daily dose per child is as follows: 3 teaspoons 3 x day for children younger than 12 months 4.5 teaspoons 3 x day for children older than 12 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-03-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2011-03-11
• Last updated: 2011-08-02