MAM'Out Project - Evaluation of Multiannual and Seasonal Cash Transfers to Prevent Acute Malnutrition (MAM'Out)
9 oktober 2015 bijgewerkt door: Action Contre la Faim
The MAM'Out research project aims at evaluating a seasonal and multi-annual cash transfer program in the framework of a safety net to prevent acute malnutrition by children under 24 months, in terms of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in the Tapoa province (East region of Burkina Faso, Africa).
The program will be targeted to economically vulnerable households with children less than 1 year old at the time of inclusion and the cash distributed to mothers.
The transfers will be assimilated to unconditional ones, leading to beneficiaries' self-determination on the use that will be made of cash.
This study will be designed as a two-arm cluster randomized intervention trial, based on randomization of rural villages of the Tapoa province.
One arm will receive the intervention and one will be a control arm.
The main outcomes will be the cumulative incidence of acute malnutrition (or wasting) and the cost-effectiveness.
Anthropometric measures (height, weight and MUAC) will be measured, as well as indicators of dietary diversity, food security, health center frequentation, families' expenses and morbidities.
Questionnaires and 24-hour food recalls will also be analyzed.
Finally, based on a model theory framework built a priori, the pathways used by the cash to have an effect on the prevention of under-nutrition will be assessed.
Studie Overzicht
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
At international level, the WHO formulated guidelines for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (or wasting) (WHO 1999, and more recently ACF 2011), and guidelines for moderate acute malnutrition (or wasting) are in the process of formulation.
In contrast, surprisingly little is known on preventive schemes for acute malnutrition.
In Haiti, Ruel et al (2008) found that targeting nutrition interventions to prevent children from becoming malnourished might be more effective than curative treatment to reduce child wasting.
In addition, recent preventive trials in humanitarian settings focused on the use of food-based strategies, especially ready-to-use food (Isanaka, 2009; Hendricks, 2010; Parikh, 2010; Imbad, 2011; Huybregts, 2012).
However, it is well known that the causes of under-nutrition are numerous and also relate to inadequate health and care practices, lack of food diversification, food insecurity… Therefore, the MAM'Out research project aims at assessing a context-adapted preventive approach, which is likely to influence several underlying causes of under-nutrition and not based primarily on food supplementation.
The objective is to provide an evidence base for this alternative approach, in order that proven intervention be taken into account for scale-up at policy-making levels.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
1278
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.
Studie Locaties
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Tapoa
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Diapaga, Tapoa, Burkina Faso, BP 105
- Action Contre la Faim - Burkina Faso
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Niet ouder dan 1 jaar (Kind)
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Nee
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Allemaal
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Poor or very poor household (HEA criteria)
- Having at least one children under 1 year old at the time of inclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
- Medium or rich economic status (HEA criteria)
- no child under one year old at the time of inclusion
- not living in one of the 32 selected villages in the Tapoa province
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Preventie
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Experimenteel: Cash transfer
Mothers are the primary recipient of the CT. The proposed approach will be based on monthly seasonal CTs during 5 months, from May to September, for two years (2013 and 2014). A monthly 10 000 FCFA will be transferred to the selected households. These CTs will be done via mobile phones, in collaboration with the mobile phone company Airtel. |
Recipient of transfers Mothers are the primary recipient of the CT.
Cash is transferred using mobile phone credits that can be cashed at specific cash points provided by a telecom company.
Andere namen:
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Geen tussenkomst: Vergelijkingsgroep
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Cumulative incidence of child wasting
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Record of the child's height, weight to compute Weight for Height Z-scores (WHZ scores) (wasting defined as WHZ<-2 or Edema)
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
Tijdsspanne: 24 months after inclusion
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Calculation of a cost-effectiveness ratio at the end of the study
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24 months after inclusion
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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cumulative incidence of the state of stunting
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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mean height-for-age Z-score
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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mean weight-for-length Z-score
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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edema
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Prevalence of diarrhea
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Prevalence of acute respiratory infections
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Reported measle
Tijdsspanne: 3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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the symptoms used to detect measles will be the following ones (from WHO) : tiny white spots on the inside of the mouth and rash on the face and/or the body
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3-monthly until 24 months after inclusion
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
Hier vindt u mensen en organisaties die betrokken zijn bij dit onderzoek.
Sponsor
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Patrick Kolsteren, MD, PhD, Universiteit Gent, Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (Belgium)
- Studie directeur: Myriam Ait Aissa, MSc, Action Contre la Faim
Publicaties en nuttige links
De persoon die verantwoordelijk is voor het invoeren van informatie over het onderzoek stelt deze publicaties vrijwillig ter beschikking. Dit kan gaan over alles wat met het onderzoek te maken heeft.
Algemene publicaties
- Tonguet-Papucci A, Houngbe F, Huybregts L, Ait-Aissa M, Altare C, Kolsteren P, Huneau JF. Unconditional Seasonal Cash Transfer Increases Intake of High-Nutritional-Value Foods in Young Burkinabe Children: Results of 24-Hour Dietary Recall Surveys within the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2017 Jul;147(7):1418-1425. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.244517. Epub 2017 May 31.
- Tonguet-Papucci A, Houngbe F, Lompo P, Yameogo WME, Huneau JF, Ait Aissa M, Kolsteren P. Beneficiaries' perceptions and reported use of unconditional cash transfers intended to prevent acute malnutrition in children in poor rural communities in Burkina Faso: qualitative results from the MAM'Out randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2017 May 30;17(1):527. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4453-y.
- Houngbe F, Tonguet-Papucci A, Altare C, Ait-Aissa M, Huneau JF, Huybregts L, Kolsteren P. Unconditional Cash Transfers Do Not Prevent Children's Undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Burkina Faso. J Nutr. 2017 Jul;147(7):1410-1417. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.247858. Epub 2017 May 24.
- Tonguet-Papucci A, Huybregts L, Ait Aissa M, Huneau JF, Kolsteren P. The MAM'Out project: a randomized controlled trial to assess multiannual and seasonal cash transfers for the prevention of acute malnutrition in children under 36 months in Burkina Faso. BMC Public Health. 2015 Aug 8;15:762. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2060-3.
Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start
1 mei 2013
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 oktober 2015
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 oktober 2015
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
7 mei 2013
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
27 mei 2013
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
31 mei 2013
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)
12 oktober 2015
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
9 oktober 2015
Laatst geverifieerd
1 oktober 2015
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- ACF0213
- 1U01GH000646-01 (Subsidie/contract van de Amerikaanse NIH)
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