Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01863394
Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger
Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6-59 Months in the Mirria District, Niger
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 4,429 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 59 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The objective of this study is to determine the efficacity of a community strategy for screening children 06-59 months old for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) conducted by their mothers' compared with a community screening strategy conducted by Community Health Workers.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Screening by mothers | |
| OTHER | Active comparator: Screening by community health workers |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-04-01
- Completion
- 2014-04-01
- First posted
- 2013-05-29
- Last updated
- 2014-07-15
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Niger
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01863394. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.