Weaning food hygiene intervention, Gambia project

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
• Main ID: PACTR201410000859336
• Date of registration: 22/07/2014
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Islamic Development Bank
• Public title: Weaning food hygiene intervention, Gambia project
• Scientific title: Protocol for Cluster RCT investigating the effectiveness of behavioural change intervention in improving mother's weaning food preparation and handling practices in rural Gambia
• Date of first enrolment: 25/09/2014
• Target sample size: 30
• Recruitment status: Complete
• URL: https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=859
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,Randomised,We will randomise, then stratified by (a) village according to north and south of Central River Region (b) size of village . The villages will be grouped randomly in fours and sequentially randomised within strata into control and intervention until all are done to allow for staggered implementation. Fifteen villages will be randomised to receive the intervention program; fifteen control villages randomised to receive the control program. ,Allocation will be determined by a statistician at university of birmingham being offsite of intervention area, who will send the sequence to the researcher
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Gambia

Contacts

• Name: Semira Manaseki Holland
• Affiliation: Clinical Senior Lecturer

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Village: Inclusion criteria Villages which are geographically unattached from one another (at least 3km apart) Primary Health Care villages in Central River Region Villages with 200 to 450 people.

Mothers: All mothers of children 6 - 24 months who cooks and feeds child

Exclusion criteria: Village: Exclusion criteria Villages in which formative research was conducted Villages that do not consent to participate Villages benefitting from NaNA* or UNICEF interventions.

Mothers: Mothers who are not permanently resident in the village Anyone who do not consent to participate


Age minimum: 6 Month(s)
Age maximum: 24 Month(s)
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Diarrhoea and respiratory infection

Diarrhoea and respiratory infection

Intervention(s)

Community weaning food hygiene health education program for behavioural change of mothers of

Health education

Primary Outcome(s)

Proportion of key events (before food preparation, hands contaminated during cook, before feeding child) on which hands were observed cleaned with soap and water also observed (reheating thoroughly after storage of weaning food before first and second feedin of child, and wahsing of utensils before serving if dried on contaminated surfaces.)

Secondary Outcome(s)

Proportion of all observed boiling of water ready for drinking of child

Contamination of weaning food and water (Coliform coutns

diarrhoea diagnosis entered in clinic register for 6-24m children from study villlages

Reported diarrhea by mothers for the past 7 days . Admission during the most recent illness of diarrhoea

Respiratory infection diagnosis entered in clinic register for 6-24m children from study villages

Reported Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI) by mothers for the past 7 days

Source(s) of Monetary Support

UNICEF

SHARE

Islamic Development Bank

Uiversity of Birmingham

Secondary Sponsor(s)

University of Birmingham

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 24/09/2014
Contact:

Scientific Coordinating Committee, Fajara, Gambia