Promotion of Egg and Eggshell Powder Consumption Improve Nutritional Status of Children in Halaba Ethiopia

NCT02791100 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HU-UoS-EGG
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 287
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Young children in Ethiopia lack sufficient protein and micronutrients for growth and development. The overall purpose is to assess the effects of promoting egg and eggshell powder consumption on improving the nutritional status of children 6 to 15 months in Halaba Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. The hypothesis is that providing chickens to produce eggs (egg and eggshell) for young children will improve growth in otherwise malnourished young children. Upon providing chickens, the nutritional status of young children prior and after the intervention (by 6 months) will be assessed. Identification of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers on egg and eggshell powder consumption by their children before and after the intervention in the intervention group will be done. Caregivers will be instructed to give each child 1 egg (cooked) and 1/4 "bottle cap" of eggshell (500 mg calcium) per day in the intervention. Hemoglobin will be measured as an indicator of overall nutritional status. Throughout the study, any problems arising in keeping chickens will be recorded in order to assess the feasibility and practicality of raising chickens as way to improve nutritional status of young children. The study is novel in that investigators are providing a way to have increased protein, increased micronutrients, and use of eggshell as a source of calcium.

Conditions

Thinness; Food Habits; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices

Keywords

height; weight; diet; complementary foods; protein; calcium

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• weight (kg)

  weight (kg) of child

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• knowledge, attitudes and practices on egg and egg shell use via questionnaire

  6 months

• health status as hemoglobin measure

  6 months

• incidence of reported infections in study children

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

No promotion of chicken eggs

NO INTERVENTION

The community receives no chickens and therefore has no additional eggs or egg shell powder for children

Promotion of Chicken eggs for children

EXPERIMENTAL

The community receives chickens so that each study child receives 2 eggs a day and also receives some egg shell daily (1/4 bottle cap which provides 500 mg Ca). The community receives information on using the egg and eggshell, and has help in caring for the chickens.

Behavioral: Promotion of chicken eggs

Interventions

Promotion of chicken eggs BEHAVIORAL

Community is provided with chickens and young children are to receive 2 eggs a day plus egg shell

Promotion of Chicken eggs for children

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 15 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• not known to be allergic to eggs.
• not undergoing therapy for moderate or severe malnutrition.

You may not qualify if:

• children undergoing treatment for malnutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Saskatchewan: lead
• Hawassa University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hawassa University School of Nutrition, Food Science

Awasa, Ethiopia

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Brun LR, Lupo M, Delorenzi DA, Di Loreto VE, Rigalli A. Chicken eggshell as suitable calcium source at home. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2013 Sep;64(6):740-3. doi: 10.3109/09637486.2013.787399. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

  PMID: 23607686 BACKGROUND

• Mukaratirwa S, Khumalo MP. Prevalence of helminth parasites in free-range chickens from selected rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. J S Afr Vet Assoc. 2010 Jun;81(2):97-101. doi: 10.4102/jsava.v81i2.113.

  PMID: 21247015 BACKGROUND

• Victora CG, de Onis M, Hallal PC, Blossner M, Shrimpton R. Worldwide timing of growth faltering: revisiting implications for interventions. Pediatrics. 2010 Mar;125(3):e473-80. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-1519. Epub 2010 Feb 15.

  PMID: 20156903 BACKGROUND

• Negash C, Belachew T, Henry CJ, Kebebu A, Abegaz K, Whiting SJ. Nutrition education and introduction of broad bean-based complementary food improves knowledge and dietary practices of caregivers and nutritional status of their young children in Hula, Ethiopia. Food Nutr Bull. 2014 Dec;35(4):480-6. doi: 10.1177/156482651403500409.

  PMID: 25639132 BACKGROUND

• Omer A, Mulualem D, Classen H, Vatanparast H, Whiting SJ (2018) Promotion of Egg and Eggshell Powder Consumption Improves Nutritional Status of Children of Under Two Years of Age: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Community Trial in Halaba Sp. Woreda, SNNPR Journal of Agricultural Science, 10(5), ISSN 1916-9752 E-ISSN 1916-9760.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Thinness; Feeding Behavior; Behavior; Body Weight

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior, Animal

Study Officials

• Susan J Whiting, PhD

  University of Saskatchewan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Ph.D.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2015
• First Posted: June 6, 2016
• Study Start: May 25, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 22, 2016
• Study Completion: December 22, 2016
• Last Updated: October 19, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ET (1)