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Hens Hatching Hope

ConditionMalnutrition, Child
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-24
SponsorGeorgia Southern University

About this trial

The study is a prospective community-cluster non-randomized trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of a program that will provide 30-day egg vouchers to mothers of 6 to 24 month-old children living in rural areas of Intibucá, Honduras.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Healthy children ages 6 to 24 months at the time the study begins

No cerebral palsy, birth defect or condition that may affect their growth or development.

Children living in the department of Intibucá, Honduras

Disqualifiers

Children from families that are considering leaving the region within the next 12 months

Known egg allergy

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Egg vouchers

    Other intervention

    30-day egg vouchers will be provided monthly, in addition to standard of care.

  • Standard of Care

    Other intervention

    Participants will continue to receive the standard of care. No egg vouchers.

Treatment groups

400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Control groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 6 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

Time frame
6 months
2

Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 12 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

Time frame
Change from baseline zHAZ at 12 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 6 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)

Time frame
6 months
2

Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 12 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)

Time frame
12 months
3

Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 6 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

Time frame
6 months
4

Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 12 months

Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

Time frame
12 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Georgia Southern University

Lead sponsor

Shoulder to Shoulder

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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