Integrated and simplified approaches to community management of acute malnutrition in rural Kenya: a cluster randomized trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many low income countries, the majority of acutely malnourished children are either brought to the health facility late or never at all due to reasons related to distance and associated costs. Integrated community case management (iCCM) is an integrated approach addressing disease and malnutrition through use of community health volunteers (CHVs) in children under-5 years. Evidence on the potential impact and practical experiences on integrating community-based management of acute malnutrition as part of an iCCM package is not well documented. In this study, we aim to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of integrating management of acute malnutrition into iCCM.

Methods

This is a two arm parallel groups, non-inferiority cluster randomized commun

SUBMITTER: Kimani-Murage EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739921 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature