Supporting Optimal Infant, Young Child and Maternal Nutrition and Health in Jordan: An Evaluation of the CHN Program
A Quantitative Evaluation of the Community Health and Nutrition (CHN) Program in Jordan
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observational
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Brief Summary
The purpose of the comprehensive evaluation is to assess USAID supported Community Health and Nutrition (CHN) program's ability to effect change, the comprehensive evaluation will assess the effectiveness of CHN in influencing the knowledge, attitudes, practices, motivation, and support of health care providers, as well as the behavior change in pregnant and lactating women of reproductive age and their infants/young children thus supporting optimal maternal, infant and young child nutrition and health.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 3, 2021
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 25, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 9, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 30, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 30, 2025
CompletedNovember 22, 2023
November 1, 2023
4.1 years
April 25, 2022
November 21, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (6)
Diet Diversity in Pregnant and Lactating women
Percentage of pregnant and lactating women meeting the minimum dietary diversity for women metric (MDDW)
2024
Early initiation of breastfeeding
Percentage of women who initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of birth
2024
Exclusive breastfeeding
Percentage of women who exclusively breastfeed their infants from birth to 6 months of age
2024
Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding
Increased median duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months) in infants aged 0-6 months
2024
Improved nutritionally adequate diet and safe complementary feeding in infants and young children 6-23 months
Percentage of children aged 6-23 months achieving a minimum acceptable diet (MAD)
2021
Improved post party family planning
Percentage of women using modern contraceptive improved postpartum practice on the use of modern contraceptive methods
2024
Study Arms (2)
Cohort I
randomly assigned 12 health facilities (treatment/intervention group) that will have access to CHN program components
Cohort II
randomly assigned 12 health facilities that will serve as a control for the first year of the program implementation and then transition into the intervention/treatment group
Interventions
The "Community Health and Nutrition" supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be implemented by an international NGO, FHI 360. The goal of the Community Health and Nutrition (CHN) program is to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under the age of two years in the target areas of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The program will fulfill this goal by implementing activities to support improvements in IYCF practices, increase adoption of optimal family planning practices and maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices, and by improving health care provider support for proper IYCF practices and use of modern contraceptive methods.
Eligibility Criteria
Jordanian Pregnant women and lactating women between 18 to 49 years who have a child under two years of age and are visiting a participating health facility targeted by the CHN program will be eligible to participate in the comprehensive evaluation. Healthcare providers and community based agents from the participating health facility targeted by the CHN program will be eligible to participate in the service providers' evaluation
You may qualify if:
- Pregnant and Lactating women with child under 2 years:
- Currently a beneficiary of CHN (except at baseline, prior to CHN implementation) Pregnant or lactating women (18-49 years) with children under the age of two years Willing to participate in the study and able to provide informed consent Currently lives within the study area
- Service providers:
- Currently working in a CHN accredited social franchise facility Currently working in a maternal and child health department and actively providing services to PLWs Willing to participate in the study Received training from CHN on integrated maternal and child nutrition and healthcare services
You may not qualify if:
- Pregnant and Lactating Women with child under 2 years Not willing to participate or provide informed consent Not living in the study area
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Tufts Universitylead
Study Sites (1)
Mindset
Amman, Jordan
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Shibani Ghosh, PhD
Tufts University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- OTHER
- Time Perspective
- CROSS SECTIONAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Research Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 25, 2022
First Posted
May 9, 2022
Study Start
October 3, 2021
Primary Completion
October 30, 2025
Study Completion
October 30, 2025
Last Updated
November 22, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- publicly accessible in 2027-28
- Access Criteria
- Anyone who wishes to have access to the de-identified dataset for any research purpose will have access to the data. Data will be publicly available in the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Development Data Library (DDL), and Tufts Research Data Management platform.URLs will be added later once the data is successfully uploaded and data-sharing URLs have been generated.
Researchers outside of Tufts requesting access to the study data will be required to enter into a data-sharing agreement (modeled after examples such as the AHRQ National Inpatient Sample http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/datause.htm.) This agreement will: (i) require requesters to protect participants' privacy and data confidentiality (and restrictions against attempting to identify study participants), (ii) prohibit the recipient from transferring the data to other users; (iii) require destruction of the data after the planned analyses are completed; (iv) require that the data be used for research purposes only; (v) requires proper acknowledgment of the data resource; and (vi) require IRB approval from the requester's institution.