The Impact of Community Health Workers on Child Malnutrition in the Philippines

Launched by INTERNATIONAL CARE MINISTRIES, PHILIPPINES · Mar 15, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a program called "Flourish" that aims to help reduce child malnutrition in very poor communities in the Philippines. The program is run by a non-governmental organization called International Care Ministries (ICM). It focuses on supporting families who are struggling with extreme poverty. As part of this study, community health workers (CHWs) will be trained to provide health education and support to families affected by malnutrition. These CHWs will come from the same communities and will help not only the families in the ICM program but also others in their neighborhoods who may need assistance.

To participate in this study, individuals must be part of the ICM program or be nominated by a member of the program or a local health unit due to issues with malnutrition. Participants can expect to receive valuable health education and support over 15 weeks. The main goal of the trial is to see if having these community health workers can effectively lower the number of children suffering from malnutrition in these hard-to-reach areas. It's an important step towards improving health and well-being in these vulnerable communities.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Participants in the study must meet at least one of the criteria:
• • Transform program participant and member of the savings group formed at the end of Transform
• • Nominated by a savings group member to participate in the study
• • Nominated by the local public health unit (based on confirmed malnutrition status) to participate in the study
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Except for members of the savings group, households cannot participate in the study if they have previously received ICM programs.