Helen Keller International's Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program in Burkina Faso

NCT01825226 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6117001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,763
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Helen Keller International (HKI) has been implementing homestead food production (HFP) programs in Asia for the past 20 years and has recently begun implementing HFP programs in Africa as well. In general, these programs target women and are designed to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes through three primary pathways: 1. Increasing the availability of micronutrient-rich foods through increased household production of these foods; 2. Raising income through the sale of surplus production; and 3. Increasing knowledge and adoption of optimal nutrition practices, including the consumption of micronutrient-rich foods. Evaluations of HFP programs have consistently demonstrated significant increases in household production and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods. This increased consumption, along with improvements in health and nutrition related knowledge, and increased income, could all contribute to improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes. However, to date there has been limited understanding as to how these types of programs can be optimized to maximize impacts on these outcomes. In order to better understand the potential of these types of programs to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes and how this impact may be achieved IFPRI has been collaborating with HKI to evaluate one of their E-HFP programs in Burkina Faso. The evaluation considers impact of the program through the three pathways above, and assesses anthropometric and clinical measures of nutrition, as well as looking at how the programs might be improved.

Conditions

Growth; Anemia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Growth

  Change in height-for-age Z-scores, weight-for-age Z-scores and weight-for-height Z-scores will be measured as well as the change in the prevalence of stunting (HAZ \<-2), underweight (WAZ \<-2) and wasting (WHZ \<-2) over the course of the two year program period.

  Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months

• Hemoglobin

  Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Food security

  Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

• Household assets

  Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

• Household consumption

  Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

• Household livestock holdings

  Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

• Dietary diversity

  Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

Study Arms (2)

Program participation

EXPERIMENTAL

Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening and nutrition and health behavior change communication

Other: Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program OTHER

Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening and nutrition and health behavior change communication

Program participation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Months - 12 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Mother of child between the ages of 3 and 12 months and her child

You may not qualify if:

• N/A

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Food Policy Research Institute: lead
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID): collaborator
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

International Food Policy Research Institute

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20006, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Nielsen JN, Olney DK, Ouedraogo M, Pedehombga A, Rouamba H, Yago-Wienne F. Process evaluation improves delivery of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture programme in Burkina Faso. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Jul;14(3):e12573. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12573. Epub 2017 Dec 26.

  PMID: 29278449 DERIVED

• Olney DK, Bliznashka L, Pedehombga A, Dillon A, Ruel MT, Heckert J. A 2-Year Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Program Targeted to Mothers of Young Children in Burkina Faso Reduces Underweight among Mothers and Increases Their Empowerment: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2016 May;146(5):1109-17. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.224261. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

  PMID: 27075910 DERIVED

• Olney DK, Pedehombga A, Ruel MT, Dillon A. A 2-year integrated agriculture and nutrition and health behavior change communication program targeted to women in Burkina Faso reduces anemia, wasting, and diarrhea in children 3-12.9 months of age at baseline: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Nutr. 2015 Jun;145(6):1317-24. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.203539. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

  PMID: 25904734 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anemia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

Study Officials

• Deanna K Olney, Ph.D.

  International Food Policy Research Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Andrew Dillon, Ph.D.

  Michigan Sate University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 1, 2013
• First Posted: April 5, 2013
• Study Start: February 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 28, 2016
• Last Updated: May 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

US (1)