Clinical Trial: Impact of the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding of Children Younger Than Two Years" in Health Centers

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Impact of the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding of Children Younger Than Two Years" in Health Centers

Brief Summary: A cluster randomized field trial to evaluate the impact that training healthcare workers in healthy feeding practices has on the nutrition and health of children.

Detailed Summary:

A cluster randomized controlled trial. Twenty health care service sites were randomly assigned to the intervention or control groups. Health care workers of the intervention health care service sites received training based on the programme "Ten steps for healthy feeding for children from birth to two years old".

Pregnant women, in their third term, were enrolled in the study. At 6 and 12 months of age, the mothers were interviewed at home using a semi-structured questionnaire with pre-coded close- and open-ended questions and the children were evaluated.

When the children are 3 years old, the mothers will be interviewed at home again and the mothers and the children will be evaluated.


Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in exclusive breastfeeding at six months of age [ Time Frame: Six months after the beginning of the study ]
  • Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in exclusive breastfeeding at twelve months of age [ Time Frame: Twelve months after the beginning of the study ]


Original Primary Outcome: Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in exclusive breastfeeding [ Time Frame: one year ]

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in decrease of morbidity (diarrhea, respiratory problems and fever), use of medication, anemia and hospitalization and improve nutritional status at twelve months of age [ Time Frame: Twelve months after the beginning of the study ]
  • Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in decrease of morbidity (diarrhea, respiratory problems and fever), use of medication, anemia and hospitalization and improve nutritional status at six months of age [ Time Frame: Six months after the beginning of the study ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme in decrease of morbidity (diarrhea, respiratory problems and fever), use of medication, anemia and hospitalization and improve nutritional status. [ Time Frame: one year ]

Information By: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Dates:
Date Received: March 5, 2008
Date Started: March 2008
Date Completion:
Last Updated: July 17, 2012
Last Verified: July 2012