Scaling up Small-Scale Food Processing to Promote Food Security Among Women Farmers in Rural Vietnam

NCT03847662 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CIFSRF 108124
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 799
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This repeated measures, cluster randomized, cohort trial design was carried out in three provinces in the northern mountainous area of Vietnam. Communes here were randomly selected for community based interventions with local production complimentary foods and marketing and distribution of fortified complimentary foods.

Conditions

Food Insecurity; Stunting; Wasting; Underweight; Anemia

Keywords

Food Insecurity; Stunting; Wasting; Underweight; Anemia; Complimentary Foods; Food Fortification; Complimentary Feeding

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Household Food Insecurity Access Scale

  Score from 1-27 indicating household food Insecurity. Where higher scores indicate greater food insecurity. This was taken at the beginning of intervention in Nov 2016 till completion in June 2018.

  Nov 2016-June 2018

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Weight in kilograms

  Nov 2016-June 2018

• Height in Meters

  Nov 2016-June 2018

• Age in Months

  Nov 2016-June 2018

• Hemoglobin Levels of Children (<2y)

  Nov 2016-June 2018

Study Arms (1)

Community Based Production and Access of Complimentary Foods

Nine communes were randomly selected with the cluster inclusion criteria as having high levels of; agricultural production, childhood under-nutrition and food security. This was carried out in the three rural mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, and Ha Giang. In each of these provinces, one district and three subsequent communes were selected, for a total of 9 communes. The districts of Bat Xat, Tam Duong, and Vi Xuyen were selected in Lao Cai, Lai Chau and Ha Giang province respectively. This second stage district sampling selected sites with similar characteristic of population density, area, number of women of reproductive age(15-35y), percentage of children(\<2y), income primarily from agricultural production, poverty and climate data. Changes were observed on food security and nutritional status with exposure to community based self reported purchasing local agricultural products and access to locally produced fortified complimentary foods.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 2 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Perspective participants from these 9 communes, were invited to participate based on the inclusion criteria of the project and randomization lists will be made from the lists of children (\< 2y) from the commune health centers. From these lists, 800 children will be randomly selected and categorized by age into different groups: 100 infants of 0-5 months, 400 infants of 6-12 months, and 200 children of 12-23 months will be selected. A initial cross-sectional Baseline survey with a was conducted from October to November 2016, with Caregiver-Child(\<2y) pairs (n=799) in the provinces of Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Ha Giang.

You may qualify if:

• Child participants must be younger than 2y at baseline.
• Caregivers must volunteer and were required to give informed written consent

You may not qualify if:

• Free from oedema
• Free from physical and mental disabilities
• Free from memory disorders and/or mental illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam: lead
• Toronto Metropolitan University: collaborator
• Global Affairs Canada: collaborator
• International Development Research Centre, Canada: collaborator

Related Links

• Video Overview of the Project (CIFSRF 108124)
• CIFSRF report

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Growth Disorders; Cachexia; Thinness; Anemia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Weight Loss; Body Weight Changes; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Hematologic Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 7, 2018
• First Posted: February 20, 2019
• Study Start: November 3, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 5, 2018
• Study Completion: June 5, 2018
• Last Updated: February 20, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02