Home-packed lunch quality for kindergarten children in Jimma Zone

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This cluster randomized controlled trial will enroll 451 kindergarten students from ten schools in the Jimma Zone, randomly assigning five schools to a multi-component nutrition education intervention and five to usual practice. The intervention delivers weekly parent education via printed leaflets and mHealth (Telegram) plus school-based nutrition sessions led by trained female health workers/nutritionists. Outcomes include measures of home-packed lunch diet quality and children's dietary preferences, collected using quantitative diet indicators and concurrent qualitative methods. The trial compares cluster-level changes over one school semester to determine the intervention's effect.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion criteria

* Children aged 4-7 years attending kindergarten schools in the selected clusters.
* Parents or caregivers willing to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who will not finish the school year/intervention semister in the selected cluster/school.
* Mothers/caregivers who will not give consent for the participation in the study will be excluded.

Where it's running

• Jimma University
  Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Yordanos Bekele Tadesse, MSc — Jimma University, Mizan Tepi University
• Study coordinator: Yordanos Bekele, MSc
• Email: yordybeke@gmail.com
• Phone: +251917106192

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.