Helen Keller International's Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program in Burkina Faso (EHFP)

September 15, 2016 updated by: International Food Policy Research Institute

THE IMPACT OF THE ENHANCED HOMESTEAD FOOD PRODUCTION PROGRAM ON CHILD HEALTH

Helen Keller International (HKI) has been implementing homestead food production (HFP) programs in Asia for the past 20 years and has recently begun implementing HFP programs in Africa as well. In general, these programs target women and are designed to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes through three primary pathways: 1. Increasing the availability of micronutrient-rich foods through increased household production of these foods; 2. Raising income through the sale of surplus production; and 3. Increasing knowledge and adoption of optimal nutrition practices, including the consumption of micronutrient-rich foods. Evaluations of HFP programs have consistently demonstrated significant increases in household production and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods. This increased consumption, along with improvements in health and nutrition related knowledge, and increased income, could all contribute to improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes. However, to date there has been limited understanding as to how these types of programs can be optimized to maximize impacts on these outcomes.

In order to better understand the potential of these types of programs to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes and how this impact may be achieved IFPRI has been collaborating with HKI to evaluate one of their E-HFP programs in Burkina Faso. The evaluation considers impact of the program through the three pathways above, and assesses anthropometric and clinical measures of nutrition, as well as looking at how the programs might be improved.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1763

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20006
        • International Food Policy Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 months to 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Mother of child between the ages of 3 and 12 months and her child

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Program participation
Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening and nutrition and health behavior change communication
Other: Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program
Participation in an enhanced-homestead food production program including home gardening and nutrition and health behavior change communication

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Growth
Time Frame: Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months
Change in height-for-age Z-scores, weight-for-age Z-scores and weight-for-height Z-scores will be measured as well as the change in the prevalence of stunting (HAZ <-2), underweight (WAZ <-2) and wasting (WHZ <-2) over the course of the two year program period.
Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months
Hemoglobin
Time Frame: Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months
Measurements will be made for children between the ages of 3 and 12 months of age at baseline and then 2 years later, at endline, when the children are between the ages of 23 and 40 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Food security
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Household assets
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Household consumption
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Household livestock holdings
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Dietary diversity
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Mother's BMI
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Maternal health and nutrition-related knowledge
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
IYCF practices
Time Frame: Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)
Baseline (2010), Endline (2012), follow-up (2013)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Collaborators

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Deanna K Olney, Ph.D., International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Principal Investigator: Andrew Dillon, Ph.D., Michigan Sate University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2013

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 1, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 4, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

April 5, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2016

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6117001

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