ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition in Nepal via peer mobilization.
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Evaluating the Impact of Sending SMS Messages to Increase Egg Consumption Among Children One 1-2 Years of Age, a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial in Kanchanpur, Nepal
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- The effectiveness of interventions on nutrition social behaviour change communication in improving child nutritional status within the first 1000 days: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Peer counselling as an approach to improve complementary feeding practices: a narrative review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Review
- Do non-maternal adult female household members influence child nutrition? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Women's bargaining power and child feeding in Nepal: Linkages through nutrition information.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Predictors of breast milk substitute feeding among newborns in delivery facilities in urban Cambodia and Nepal.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Factors Associated with Underweight among Under-Five Children in Eastern Nepal: Community-Based Cross-sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the impact of a peer facilitator (PF) approach for improving mothers' knowledge and practices relating to maternal and child nutrition.
designA quasi-experimental design nested within a large-scale integrated nutrition programme, Suaahara, in Nepal. Suaahara interventions were implemented in all study sites, but peer facilitators were used in only half of the study sites.
settingRural, disadvantaged villages in three districts of Nepal: Bhojpur, Bajhang and Rupandehi. SUBJECTS: Mothers of children aged 6-23·9 months (n 1890).
resultsDifferences over time between comparison (C) and intervention (I) groups show that the PF approach had a significant positive impact on several indicators of mothers' knowledge and practices relating to maternal and child nutrition: (i) knowing that fruits and vegetables are good for children 6-23·9 months (C: -0·7, I: 10·6; P=0·03); (ii) child dietary diversity (C: 0·02, I: 0·04; P=0·02); (iii) child minimum dietary diversity (≥4 of 7 food groups; (C: 6·9, I: 16·0; P=0·02); (iv) maternal dietary diversity (C: 0·1, I: 0·4; P=0·01); and (v) maternal minimum dietary diversity (≥4 food groups; C: 3·6, I: 14·0; P=0·03). Additionally, exposure to a PF three or more times in the past 6 months was positively associated with a small improvement in maternal (β=0·06, P=0·04) and child (β=0·06, P=0·02) dietary diversity scores. Improvements were not observed in maternal health-seeking behaviours such as number of antenatal care visits.
conclusionsPeer mobilization is a potential approach for improving health- and nutrition-related knowledge and behaviours among women in hard-to-reach communities of Nepal.
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