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Assessing the impact of a combined nutrition counselling and cash transfer intervention on women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh: a randomised control trial protocol.

Elizabeth K Kirkwood, Michael John Dibley, John Frederick Hoddinott, Tanvir Huda, Tracey Lea Laba, Tazeen Tahsina, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Afrin Iqbal, Jasmin Khan, Nazia Binte Ali and 8 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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18 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Elizabeth K KirkwoodSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia elizabeth.kirkwood@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8603-4903
Michael John DibleySydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1554-5180
John Frederick HoddinottDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Tanvir HudaSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tracey Lea LabaCentre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tazeen TahsinaMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Mehedi HasanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Afrin IqbalInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Jasmin KhanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Nazia Binte AliInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Saad UllahInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Nicholas GoodwinSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sumithra MuthayyaThe Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
M Munirul IslamNutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-8780-8760
Gulshan AraNutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Kingsley Emwinyore AghoSchool of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Shams E ArifeenMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ashraful AlamSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDThe University of Sydney · AUCornell University · USSax Institute · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUWestern Sydney University · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is growing interest in assessing the impact of health interventions, particularly when women are the focus of the intervention, on women's empowerment. Globally, research has shown that interventions targeting nutrition, health and economic development can affect women's empowerment. Evidence suggests that women's empowerment is also an underlying determinant of nutrition outcomes. Depending on the focus of the intervention, different domains of women's empowerment will be influenced, for example, an increase in nutritional knowledge, or greater control over income and access to resources.

objectiveThis study evaluates the impact of the Shonjibon Cash and Counselling (SCC) Trial that combines nutrition counselling and an unconditional cash transfer, delivered on a mobile platform, on women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will use a mixed-methods approach, combining statistical analysis of quantitative data from 2840 women in a cluster randomised controlled trial examining the impact of nutrition behaviour change communications (BCCs) and cash transfers on child undernutrition. Pregnant participants will be given a smartphone with a customised app, delivering nutrition BCC messages, and will receive nutrition counselling via a call centre and an unconditional cash transfer. This study is a component of the SCC Trial and will measure women's empowerment using a composite indicator based on the Project-Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index, with quantitative data collection at baseline and endline. Thematic analysis of qualitative data, collected through longitudinal interviews with women, husbands and mothers-in-law, will elicit a local understanding of women's empowerment and the linkages between the intervention and women's empowerment outcomes. This paper describes the study protocol to evaluate women's empowerment in a nutrition-specific and sensitive intervention using internationally validated, innovative tools and will help fill the evidence gap on pathways of impact, highlighting areas to target for future programming. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval has been obtained from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (Ref. PR 17106) and The University of Sydney (Ref: 2019/840). Findings from this study will be shared in Bangladesh with dissemination sessions in-country and internationally at conferences, and will be published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Child Nutrition DisordersNutritional StatusBangladeshChildCounselingFemaleHumansPregnancyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRural Populationclinical trialsprotocols & guidelinespublic health

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