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Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2017

Effectiveness of a community-based nutrition programme to improve child growth in rural Ethiopia: a cluster randomized trial.

Yunhee Kang, Sungtae Kim, Sisay Sinamo, Parul Christian

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Maternal & child nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  9. Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at African Mothers of Infant Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  10. Drivers of stunting reduction in Ethiopia: a country case study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020
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4 authors.

Yunhee KangCenter for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sungtae KimInternational Ministry Division, World Vision Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Sisay SinamoEast Africa Regional Office, World Vision International, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Parul ChristianGlobal Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few trials have shown that promoting complementary feeding among young children is effective in improving child linear growth in resource-challenged settings. We designed a community-based participatory nutrition promotion (CPNP) programme adapting a Positive Deviance/Hearth approach that engaged mothers in 2-week nutrition sessions using the principles of 'learning by doing' around child feeding. We aimed to test the effectiveness of the CPNP for improving child growth in rural Ethiopia. A cluster randomized trial was implemented by adding the CPNP to the existing government nutrition programmes (six clusters) vs. government programmes only (six clusters). A total of 1790 children aged 6 to 12 months (876 in the intervention and 914 in the control areas) were enrolled and assessed on anthropometry every 3 months for a year. Multi-level mixed-effect regression analysis of longitudinal outcome data (n = 1475) examined the programme impact on growth, adjusting for clustering and enrollment characteristics. Compared with children 6 to 24 months of age in the control area, those in the intervention area had a greater increase in z scores for length-for-age [difference (diff): 0.021 z score/month, 95% CI: 0.008, 0.034] and weight-for-length (diff: 0.042 z score/month, 95% CI: 0.024, 0.059). At the end of the 12-month follow-up, children in the intervention area showed an 8.1% (P = 0.02) and 6.3% (P = 0.046) lower prevalence of stunting and underweight, respectively, after controlling for differences in the prevalence at enrollment, compared with the control group. A novel CPNP programme was effective in improving child growth and reducing undernutrition in this setting. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Child DevelopmentRural PopulationAdultAnthropometryChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchEthiopiaFemaleGrowth DisordersHumansInfantInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaMaleMothersNutritional Statuschildhood stuntingcluster randomized trialcommunity-based participatory nutrition promotioncomplementary feeding practiceseffectiveness evaluationEthiopia

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PMID27549570
PMCPMC6866137

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