1,600
Participants
Start Date
June 3, 2024
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2027
SWITCH intervention package
"* Addition of digital monitoring \& supervision by CHA~* Digitized registration of households by CHPs every 6 months~* Digital reminders to CHP to conduct home visit if a child has never been visited in 3 mo.~* Digital reminder for timely training to family MUAC of all family members through home visit by CHP when child turns 6 months of age.~* Platform for 2-ways messaging: biweekly SMS reminders to caregivers through the CHP's app; feedback by caregiver~* Community level screening based on weight and weight-for-age (WAZ) led by CHP every other month (aligned with Community Action Days),~* Digital calculation of WAZ.~* CHP and Growth Monitoring and Promotion refer to health facility if WAZ\<-3 to check on WHZ eligibility~* At the end of every wasting treatment consultation, compilation of the list of defaulters and non-respondents, for immediate transmission by CHA to relevant CHP through digital task of an instruction for immediate follow-up."
RECRUITING
Turkana South and Turkana East and Aroo, Lodwar
UNICEF
OTHER
Kenyatta University
OTHER
International Food Policy Research Institute
OTHER