An interventional study of Egg vouchers and Standard of Care in Malnutrition, Child, sponsored by Georgia Southern University. Recruiting at 1 site in Honduras. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 24 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-09.
Sponsored by Georgia Southern University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The study is a prospective community-cluster non-randomized trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of a program that will provide 30-day egg vouchers to mothers of 6 to 24 month-old children living in rural areas of Intibucá, Honduras.
167 studies on the registry are indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders; 36 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 400 is close to the median of 402 across 132 interventional studies indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders.
Browse Child Nutrition Disorders studies →Georgia Southern University is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.
Exclusion Criteria:
30-day egg vouchers, in addition to the standard of care.
Other: Egg vouchers · Other: Standard of Care
Standard of care.
Other: Standard of Care
30-day egg vouchers will be provided monthly, in addition to standard of care.
Participants will continue to receive the standard of care. No egg vouchers.
Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 6 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 12 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: Change from baseline zHAZ at 12 months
Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 6 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 12 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)
Time frame: 12 months
Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 6 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 12 months
Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: 12 months
Assessment of rapid weight gain after 6 months of intervention
Defined as a zBMI upward percentile crossing (\>+0.67 SD) Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: 6 months
Assessment of rapid weight gain after 12 months of intervention
Defined as a zBMI upward percentile crossing (\>+0.67 SD) Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards
Time frame: 12 months
Changes in the prevalence of diarrhea from baseline at 12 months
Defined as three or more liquid or semisolid stools in 24 hours
Time frame: 12 months
Changes in the prevalence of Respiratory symptoms from baseline at 12 months
Defined as reported presence of cough, or nasal congestion, or ear ache, or sore throat in the last 7 days.
Time frame: 12 months
Changes in the prevalence of Respiratory infections from baseline at 12 months
Defined as reported presence of fever + any of the following symptoms: cough, or nasal congestion, or ear ache, or sore throat in the last 7 days
Time frame: baseline and 12 months
Changes in the food insecurity scores from baseline at 6 months
Measured using the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in the food insecurity scores from baseline at 12 months
Measured using the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)
Time frame: 12 months
Changes in the dietary diversity scores from baseline at 6 months
Measured using the frequency of intake survey from the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in the dietary diversity scores from baseline at 12 months
Measured using the frequency of intake survey from the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)
Time frame: 12 months
Eligibility is decided by the study team. Share this record with your doctor or contact the team directly.
Contact study teamGet an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
Georgia Southern University