Trial reportBMC public health2013
The double task of preventing malnutrition and overweight: a quasi-experimental community-based trial.
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- The effect of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions on the double burden of malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
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- Addressing obesity in the first 1000 days in high risk infants: Systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Community-Based Health Promotion Interventions in Urban Areas: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2020Pooled it
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- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Outcomes of an early childhood obesity prevention program in a low-income community: a pilot, randomized trial.Pediatric obesity · 2018Trial
- Three-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial to reduce excessive weight gain in the first two years of life: protocol for the POI follow-up study.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Partnering With Schools for Community-Based Health Interventions: How Educating Children Improves Hypertension Awareness.Ochsner journal · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Breastfeeding Interventions and Programs Conducted Across Spanish-Speaking Countries.Health promotion practice · 2025Article
- Community-based diet and obesity-related policy, system, and environmental interventions for obesity prevention during the first 1000 days: A scoping review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2024Article
- The potential effectiveness of community health and nutrition volunteers on mothers' infant and young children feeding knowledge and practice in remote areas, Hajjah, Yemen.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The role of community health and nutrition volunteers in improving the health and nutrition status of infant and young children in remote areas, Hajjah, Yemen.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Towards a better understanding of real-world home-visiting programs: a large-scale effectiveness study of parenting mechanisms in Brazil.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Impact of an early 1000-day intervention for obesity prevention on adiposity and BMI at two years of age: A quasi-experimental study.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Nutritional Programming: History, Hypotheses, and the Role of Prenatal Factors in the Prevention of Metabolic Diseases-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Long-Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Excessive Weight Gain in Infancy: Protocol for the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) Follow-Up Study at 11 Years.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Maternal-Child Pastoral is a volunteer-based community organization of the Dominican Republic that works with families to improve child survival and development. A program that promotes key practices of maternal and child care through meetings with pregnant women and home visits to promote child growth and development was designed and implemented. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the program on nutritional status indicators of children in the first two years of age.
methodsA quasi-experimental design was used, with groups paired according to a socioeconomic index, comparing eight geographical areas of intervention with eight control areas. The intervention was carried out by lay health volunteers. Mothers in the intervention areas received home visits each month and participated in a group activity held biweekly during pregnancy and monthly after birth. The primary outcomes were length and body mass index for age. Statistical analyses were based on linear and logistic regression models.
results196 children in the intervention group and 263 in the control group were evaluated. The intervention did not show statistically significant effects on length, but point estimates found were in the desired direction: mean difference 0.21 (95%CI -0.02; 0.44) for length-for-age Z-score and OR 0.50 (95%CI 0.22; 1.10) for stunting. Significant reductions of BMI-for-age Z-score (-0.31, 95%CI -0.49; -0.12) and of BMI-for-age > 85th percentile (0.43, 95%CI 0.23; 0.77) were observed. The intervention showed positive effects in some indicators of intermediary factors such as growth monitoring, health promotion activities, micronutrient supplementation, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
conclusionsDespite finding effect measures pointing to effects in the desired direction related to malnutrition, we could only detect a reduction in the risk of overweight attributable to the intervention. The findings related to obesity prevention may be of interest in the context of the nutritional transition. Given the size of this study, the results are encouraging and we believe a larger study is warranted.
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