Transfer Modality Research Initiative - Bangladesh (TMRI)

International Food Policy Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Improving Maternal Nutrition Knowledge; Improving Household Food Security; Improving Pre-school Anthropometric Status

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavior Communication Change (BCC); Other: Food and cash transfer; Other: Cash transfer; Other: Food transfer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02237144

AEARCTR-0000247

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized control trial in two zones of Bangladesh (north and south). Treatment is assigned at the village level where treatments are: cash transfers (north and south); cash transfers + nutrition behavior communication change (north only); food transfers (north and south); food transfers + nutrition behavior communication change (south only); food-cash split (north and south); and controls (north and south). Within treatment localities, women living in very poor households are targeted to receive benefits for two years.

Enrollment: 5,000 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child age < 60 months

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5,000 participants in 5 patient groups

Cash transfer

Experimental group

Description:

1500 taka ($18.75) per household distributed monthly

Treatment:

Other: Cash transfer

Food transfer

Experimental group

Description:

30 kg rice, 2 kg lentils, and 2 kg micro-nutrient fortified cooking oil per household distributed monthly

Treatment:

Other: Food transfer

Food and cash transfer

Experimental group

Description:

15 kg of rice; 1 kg of lentils and 1 kg of micronutrient fortified cooking oil and 750 taka cash per household, distributed monthly

Treatment:

Other: Food and cash transfer

Cash transfer + BCC

Experimental group

Description:

1500 taka ($18.75) per household distributed monthly Weekly, one hour meetings on maternal and child nutrition, sanitation and health knowledge, attitudes and practice Occasional home visits

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavior Communication Change (BCC)

Other: Cash transfer

Food transfer + BCC

Experimental group

Description:

30 kg rice, 2 kg lentils, and 2 kg micro-nutrient fortified cooking oil per household distributed monthly Weekly, one hour meetings on maternal and child nutrition, sanitation and health knowledge, attitudes and practice Occasional home visits

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavior Communication Change (BCC)

Other: Food transfer