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Integrating Early Stimulation and Play at Scale: "MAHAY Mikolo"
Sponsor: University of California, Berkeley
Summary
The overall objective of the study is to examine the effects of integrating early child development group sessions into the existing, at-scale, community health and nutrition programs administered by the government in Madagascar.
Official title: Integrating Early Stimulation and Play at Scale: "MAHAY Mikolo", a Multi-arm Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Months - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
8150
Start Date
2021-02-01
Completion Date
2025-03-31
Last Updated
2026-05-27
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment (T)
Children area offered to participate in bimonthly group sessions. Each session will have materials and activities appropriate for children spanning a 6-month range (6-12 m, 12-18 m, 12-24 m, 24-30 m) and can accommodate a maximum of 10 children per age group. If more households are interested than can be accommodated by the program, interested families will be randomly selected for participation. A total of 40 children per site will be able to participate in the ECD activities at any one time. With bi-monthly meetings, each child will be exposed to 12 sessions for each age group, and is eligible to transition to the next.
Treatment + (T+)
Caregivers/children participating to the group ECD sessions will be invited to play within a play space equipped with books, and homemade/purchased age-appropriate toys. This will be phased in after 6 months of implementation.
Locations (1)
L'Office National de Nutrition (ONN)
Antananarivo, Madagascar