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Assessing Change in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Mothers With Infants and Young Children Receiving a District-wide Interactive Nutrition Education Mass Media Programme in the Upper Manya Krobo District
Sponsor study identifier
interventional
689
2 countries
4
Study Start
April 1, 2017
Actual (reported)Primary Completion
February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Optimal infant and young child feeding practices are largely inadequate in rural and poor households in Ghana. Child welfare clinics (CWCs) focus on immunization, supplementation, and growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) activities among infants and young children (IYC). An essential component of GMP activities is to counsel mothers to practice optimal IYC feeding and health practices, but most of the time this is completely missing or not specific enough to be effective. This study will test the effect of a mass media nutrition education program on caregiver infant and young child feeding knowledge, attitudes and practices using a community-based cluster randomized design. Formative research will first be undertaken to determine the beliefs, attitudes, and constraints that prevent caregivers from adequately feeding their infants and young children with members of the community (caregivers with children under-five, men and elderly women).The information gathered will then be used to design specific messages that directly address the IYC feeding challenges of the community. Clusters will be randomized into active (radio messages with in-person engagement and follow-up) and passive (only radio messages) arms of the intervention. Farm Radio International (implementers of the mass media programming) will ensure the regular broadcast of twice weekly messages for a period of about 12-18 months.
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February 28, 2018
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June 8, 2016
Actual (reported)June 15, 2016
Actual (reported)April 1, 2017
Actual (reported)February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Change in infant feeding behaviour assessed by questionnaire
Change in child feeding behaviours that are promoted on radio
12-18 months
Change in infant feeding knowledge of mother assessed by questionnaire
12-18 months
Change in infant feeding attitudes of mother assessed by questionnaire
12-18 months
Communities will be exposed to twice weekly radio programming for up to 18 months plus interactive voice response systems (IVRS) and monthly open community meetings.
Communities will be exposed to twice weekly radio programming for up to 18 months
Communities will be exposed to twice weekly radio programming for up to 18 months. Interactive voice response systems (IVRS) will be promoted where listeners can chose to receive pre-recorded audio/voice messages or text messages on mobile phones. Messages will be consistent with the weekly radio program. The topic of the radio program will be discussed in monthly open community meetings. Each individual may choose to participate or not to listen to the radio program, receive the IVRS system, and attend monthly meetings.
World Vision
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T5, Canada
Farm Radio International
Accra, Ghana
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Grace S Marquis, PhD
McGill University
689 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
June 8, 2016
First Posted
June 15, 2016
Study Start
April 1, 2017
Actual (reported)These communities will be exposed to twice weekly radio programming for up to 18 months only.
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Primary Completion
February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Last Updated
March 22, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-03
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