NCT01832688

Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women and Optimization of Prenatal Care Services

Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women in Zinder, Niger and Optimization of Prenatal Care Services

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2,306 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A national survey in Niger found that women and children are at risk of undernutrition and that many pregnant women don't visit health centers during pregnancy as often as is recommended. The aim is to assess the nutritional and health status of pregnant women in the Zinder region and to understand their knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health and nutrition during pregnancy. In collaboration with the Medical District of Zinder the prenatal care services will be optimized and the programmatic impact on gestational weight gain and anemia prevalence will be assessed.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Programmatic prenatal care optimization	To further integrate and improve nutrition-related services and messages in the prenatal care package.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2013-04-16
• Last updated: 2020-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Niger