Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Low-Income Families in Guinea-Bissau

NCT03455257 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 1234
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34,148
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This pilot study will test the effect of a cash transfer program aiming to improve family food consumption patterns, family health and schooling, with resulting benefits for childhood growth and cognition.

Conditions

Per Capita Food Consumption Expenditure; Childhood Growth; Childhood Cognition; Anemia; School Registration and Attendence; Diabetes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in per capita food expeditures

  change in per capita food expenditure per family will be calculated.

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

Secondary Outcomes (14)

• Changes in family demographics

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

• Change in weight

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

• Change in height

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

• Change in mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

• Change in waist circumference

  Baseline, year 1, year 2 and year 3

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Families assigned to this arm will be assessment only controls that do not receive the cash transfer.

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Families assigned to this arm will recieve a cash transfer following an in-depth conversation with the head of household and the signing of a contract stating they understand the purpose of the study.

Behavioral: Cash Transfer

Interventions

Cash Transfer BEHAVIORAL

The heads of households will receive a cash transfer for up to 7 family members in the home every quarter. Head of households will be expected to attend meetings every 4 months at their local community health centers led by Community Health Workers (CHW). Meetings will have 2 components: 1) children under 5 will be measured to identify children at risk of malnutrition and 2) group education sessions. There will also be monthly growth monitoring and education sessions led by CHW for a subgroup of head of households with children identified as risk of malnutrition with rapid referrals to regional tertiary clinics for any children with health problems that cannot be addressed by CHW.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Families (defined as groups of individuals who routinely eat together) in 3 regions of Guinea-Bissau.
• Identified by developing scale based upon household characteristics and assets per capita. As well as access to services such as water, electricity and sanitation.
• Families having the lowest score identified as lowest income were recruited.

You may not qualify if:

• Families with high scores on asset scale.
• Families uninterested in participating.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ministry of Finance, Guinea-Bissau: lead
• International Partnership for Human Development (IPHD): collaborator
• National Institute of Statistics (INE): collaborator
• World Bank: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

PDDC

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anemia; Diabetes Mellitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

• Alfa U Jalo, MS

  Ministry of Finance

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Clarify randomization and masking
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participating families are randomized into one of two groups, an assessment-only controls group or a cash transfer group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 21, 2018
• First Posted: March 6, 2018
• Study Start: April 25, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2020
• Study Completion: December 1, 2020
• Last Updated: March 6, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-02

Locations

GU (1)