Hens Hatching Hope

Georgia Southern University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Malnutrition, Child

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Other: Egg vouchers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04721197

2012965659

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a prospective community-cluster non-randomized trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of a program that will provide 30-day egg vouchers to mothers of 6 to 24 month-old children living in rural areas of Intibucá, Honduras.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 24 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy children ages 6 to 24 months at the time the study begins
• No cerebral palsy, birth defect or condition that may affect their growth or development.
• Children living in the department of Intibucá, Honduras

Exclusion criteria

• Children from families that are considering leaving the region within the next 12 months
• Known egg allergy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

30-day egg vouchers, in addition to the standard of care.

Treatment:

Other: Egg vouchers

Other: Standard of Care

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard of care.

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care