Mangrove-sword Bean-food Bar on the Weight and Weight for Age Z Score of Under-five Children

Indonesia University34 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of the food bar made from api-api mangrove (Avicennia marina) and sword bean (Canavalia ensiformis) blends on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score affected by a landslide disaster. The main questions aimed to answer are: * Food bar supplementation can effect the weight and WAZ score of under-five children affected by landslides disaster? * Balanced nutrition education can increase the mothers' knowledge on the balanced nutrition of under-five children? Participants divided in to two group i.e.: * Treatment/intervention group consumed 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days. * Control group consumed 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days. * Each group received balanced nutrition for mothers once at the first week of study.

Eligibility Criteria for Under-five children: * Aged between 12 and 59 months * Male and female * Living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District which affected by the landslide disaster * Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status, and not suffering from infectious diseases.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Nutrition Poor

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 MonthsMax age: 49 MonthsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 12 and 59 months * Male and female living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District who affected by the landslide disaster * Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status * Not suffering from infectious diseases * Willing to avoid consumption of any snacks other than the food bars and plain water Exclusion Criteria: * Suffered from infectious or chronical diseases

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Effect of mangrove-sword bean-food bar on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score (WAZ) of under-five children affected by landslide disaster

Change of weight measured by digital weighing. Change of Weight for Age Z score measured by using Nutri Survey Software. Mean difference of weight and Weight-for-Age Z score were calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.

Time frame: Two weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Change of mothers' balanced nutrition knowledge

Knowledge score of mothers of underfive children on the balanced nutrition at pre-post study measured by baseline and end-line questionnaires. Mean difference of balanced nutrition knowledge of mothers was calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.