An Observational Study to Assess Malnutrition Risk

Description

This is a prospective, observational study for assessing malnutrition risk and its characteristics among children aged 1 to 5 living in under-resourced communities in Colombia. There is also a qualitative component that seeks to gain caregiver, community health worker (CHW), public health professional (PHP), and non-for-profit organization (NGO) insights related to malnutrition risk.

Conditions

Malnutrition

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Study overview

This is a prospective, observational study for assessing malnutrition risk and its characteristics among children aged 1 to 5 living in under-resourced communities in Colombia. There is also a qualitative component that seeks to gain caregiver, community health worker (CHW), public health professional (PHP), and non-for-profit organization (NGO) insights related to malnutrition risk.

CROSS: Colombia's Potential Realized: an Observational Study for Stunting

An Observational Study to Assess Malnutrition Risk

Condition
Malnutrition
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Kansas City

Children International, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64121

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children aged 1-5 years
  • * Children's legal guardian agrees to participate in the study
  • * Full term pregnancy
  • * Residence in study area attending Children International (NGO) centers
  • * Children who have current medical conditions requiring hospitalization: gastrointestinal tract infections or inflammatory bowel disease; active tuberculosis; acute hepatitis B or C; human immunodeficiency virus OR malignancy; cystic fibrosis; immunodeficiency syndromes, congenital abnormalities of the respiratory tract, such as lung and respiratory cilia; an unsuspected foreign body in the respiratory tract; asthma; and known metabolic disorders, renal impairment, or rheumatic diseases and diabetes,
  • * Congenital condition
  • * Children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder, neurodegenerative disorders
  • * Children with chronic or acute infections e.g. HIV, malaria
  • * Children who are taking medications or other agents that could potentially affect body weight, including diuretics, appetite stimulants, steroids, and growth hormones.
  • * Children already enrolled in a nutrition program/intervention that includes a supplement

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Year to 5 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Abbott Nutrition,

Amy Sharn, MS, RDN, LD, STUDY_CHAIR, Abbott

Study Record Dates

2025-12