Impact evaluation of the Cash for Nutrition Awareness (CNA) component of the SNACK project (Santé Nutritionnelle à Assise Communautaire à Kayes [Community Nutrition and Health Program in Kayes])

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 29 October 2019
• Main ID: ISRCTN08435964
• Date of registration: 09/12/2013
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Research Institute for Development [Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)]
• Public title: Impact evaluation of the Cash for Nutrition Awareness (CNA) component of the SNACK project (Santé Nutritionnelle à Assise Communautaire à Kayes [Community Nutrition and Health Program in Kayes])
• Scientific title: A randomized controlled trial to determine whether distribution of cash and/or nutritive supplements during pregnancy and infancy improves the nutritional status of mothers and young children
• Date of first enrolment: 07/11/2013
• Target sample size: 5016
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN08435964
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Three-year cluster-randomised controlled trial, with repeated cross-sectional surveys (baseline, mid-term and endline) (Other)
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Mali

Contacts

• Name: Mathilde Savy

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 12.0-41.9 mo-old children and their mothers willing to participate in the study, living in the villages surrounding the CSCOMs (Health Centers)
Exclusion criteria: Children and mothers having mental or physical disability that could affect growth and well-being.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Growth retardation
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Intervention(s)

CSCOMs (Centre de Santé Communautaire [Community Health Centres]) were randomized to treatment or control group.
Group A (control group): women and children receive SNACK activities only
Group B (intervention): in addition to SNACK activities, women receive a cash transfer worth 1500 FCFA (~3 US $) per month over a maximum of 33 months (=1000 days)
Group C (intervention): in addition to SNACK activities, 6-24 mo-old children receive supplements (Plumpy?doz®).
Group D (intervention): in addition to SNACK activities, women receive the cash transfer over a maximum of 33 months and 6-24 mo-old children receive supplements (Plumpy?doz®)

Joint sponsor:
International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K St, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1002
USA
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Email: [e-mail]

Primary Outcome(s)

1. Children?s stature after 3 years of intervention, expressed in Height-for-Age Z score
2. Mean birth weight after 1, 2 and 3 years

Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Use of preventive health care services during pregnancy, for delivery and during early childhood (pregnancy and post-natal care)
2. Infant and Young Children Feeding practices (IYCF indicators including dietary diversity)
3. Weight-for-Height Z score
4. Child development and well being
5. Knowledge, attitude and practices towards nutrition, hygiene and health

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC (USA), World Food Program (Mali), UNICEF (Mali), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) (France)

Ethics review

Status:
Approval date:
Contact:

1. Ethics Committee of the Medicine Faculty of Bamako, Mali (Comité d?Ethique de la Faculté de Médecine, Bamako, Mali); study submitted on 8th October 2013; oral presentation of the study to the Ethics committee board on 26th October 2013 2. Consultative Committee of Deontology and Ethics (Comité Consultatif de Déontologie et d?Ethique) of Research Institute for Development [Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)]

Results

• Results available: Yes
• Date Completed: 17/12/2016