Impact Evaluation of WFP's Fresh Food Voucher Pilot Programme in Ethiopia

NCT03590717 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 699013
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 574
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To assess the impact of WFP's Fresh Food Voucher Pilot Programme in Ethiopia on children's and mother's diets

Conditions

Diet; Deficiency; Malnutrition

Keywords

dietary diversity; minimum acceptable diet; fruits; vegetables; animal sourced foods

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Minimum Acceptable Diet Scores (MAD) of children 6-23 months of age

  Change in the proportion of children achieving MAD

  12 months

• Minimum diet diversity (MDD-W) for women of reproductive age

  Change in the proportion of women achieving MDD-W

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Minimum Diet Diversity (MDD) of children 6-23 months of age

  12 months

• Minimum Meal Frequency (MFF) of children 6-23 months of age

  12 months

• Household Diet Diversity Score (HDDS)

  12 months

• WFP Food Consumption Score- Nutrition

  12 months

Study Arms (3)

BCC-Only

OTHER

Intervention: Households in the 'BCC-only' arm receive SBCC but do not receive vouchers.

Behavioral: BCC-Only

Small-voucher

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention: Households in the 'Small-voucher' arm receive a voucher (\~$12-17) every month that entitles them to purchase fresh foods (fruits, vegetables and animal sourced foods). The households in this arm also receive the same social behavioural change communication (SBCC) messages as the 'BCC-only' arm.

Other: Small-voucher

Large-voucher

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention: Households in the 'Large-voucher' arm receive a larger voucher (\~$21-23) every month that entitles them to purchase fresh foods (fruits, vegetables and animal sourced foods). The households in this arm also receive the same social behavioural change communication (SBCC) messages as the 'BCC-only' arm.

Other: Large-voucher

Interventions

BCC-Only BEHAVIORAL

Households in the 'BCC-only' arm receive SBCC but do not receive vouchers.

BCC-Only

Small-voucher OTHER

Households in the 'Small-voucher' arm receive a voucher (\~$12-17) every month that entitles them to purchase fresh foods (fruits, vegetables and animal sourced foods). The households in this arm also receive the same social behavioural change communication (SBCC) messages as the 'BCC-only' arm.

Small-voucher

Large-voucher OTHER

Households in the 'Large-voucher' arm receive a larger voucher (\~$21-23) every month that entitles them to purchase fresh foods (fruits, vegetables and animal sourced foods). The households in this arm also receive the same social behavioural change communication (SBCC) messages as the 'BCC-only' arm.

Large-voucher

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Households with young children aged 6-17 months age at the baseline in December 2017.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Food Policy Research Institute: lead
• Addis Ababa University: collaborator
• United Nations World Food Programme (WFP): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kalle Hirvonen

Addis Ababa, 00000, Ethiopia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Kalle Hirvonen, PhD

  International Food Policy Research Institute, Ethiopia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Kaleab Baye, PhD

  Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Fellow

Model Details: Cluster randomized controlled trial clustered at the village level, 2 treatment arms and one control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2018
• First Posted: July 18, 2018
• Study Start: June 27, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: February 26, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Locations

ET (1)