ArticleNutrients2019
Effectiveness of Workplace Nutrition Programs on Anemia Status among Female Readymade Garment Workers in Bangladesh: A Program Evaluation.
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- Effectiveness of workplace wellness programmes for dietary habits, overweight, and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among women of reproductive age in Aspirational Districts of India: an analysis of NFHS 4 and NFHS 5 data.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Integrating and coordinating programs for the management of anemia across the life course.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Gender and urban-rural influences on antibiotic purchasing and prescription use in retail drug shops: a one health study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Optimizing health and nutrition status of migrant construction workers consuming multiple micronutrient fortified rice in Singapore.PloS one · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of nutrition and health intervention in workplace setting: a systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
- The urban-rural differential in the association between household wealth index and anemia among women in reproductive age in Ethiopia, 2016.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Distribution of β-Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopathies in Bangladeshi University Students and Ready-Made Garment Workers.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Eight in ten female readymade garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh suffer from anemia, a condition which damages both health and productivity. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workplace nutrition program on anemia reduction in female RMG workers of Bangladesh. A quasi-experimental mixed method study was conducted on 1310 non-pregnant female RMG workers from four factories. Two types of intervention packages (A and C) were tested against their respective controls (B and D) over a 10-month period. Among factories that already provided lunch to workers with regular behavior change counseling (BCC), one intervention (A) and one control (B) factory were selected, and among factories that did not provide lunches to their workers but provided regular BCC, one intervention (C) and one control (D) factory were selected: (A) Lunch meal intervention package: daily nutritionally-enhanced (with fortified rice) hot lunch, once weekly iron-folic acid (IFA) supplement and monthly enhanced (with nutrition module) behavior change counseling (BCC) versus (B) Lunch meal control package: regular lunch and BCC; and (C) Non-meal intervention package: twice-weekly IFA and enhanced BCC versus (D) Non-meal control package: BCC alone. Body weight and capillary hemoglobin were measured. Changes in anemia prevalence were estimated by difference-in-difference (DID) method. Thematic analysis of qualitative in-depth interviews with RMG workers was performed and findings were triangulated. Anemia was reduced significantly in both lunch meal and non-meal intervention (A and C) group (DID: 32 and 12 percentage points,
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