SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at African Mothers of Infant Children: A Systematic Review.
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- Effectiveness of Nutrition-Specific Interventions for Reducing Child Stunting: A Systematic Review of Evidence.International journal of public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Global, Regional, and National Burden of Child Growth Failure, 1990-2021: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Uptake of preventive nutrition interventions among caretakers of children under 5 years in a pastoral setting of South Sudan.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Impact of a Nutrition Knowledge Intervention on Knowledge and Food Behaviour of Women Within a Rural Community.Nutrients · 2024Article
- An overview of the nutritional status of childbearing age women, children and adolescents living in a rural area of Madagascar: preliminary results of the Tany Vao project.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundChild malnutrition is a major epidemiological problem in developing countries, especially in African countries. Nutrition education for mothers can alleviate this malnutrition in their young children. The objective of this study was to make a systematic review to assess the effect of intervention programs in nutrition education for African mothers on the nutritional status of their infants.
methodsA bibliographic search was carried out in the PubMed database for clinical trials between November 2012 and 2021. The studies should contain educational programs to evaluate the impact on the infant's nutritional indicators in children under 5 years (food consumption, anthropometry and/or knowledge of nutrition in caretakers).
resultsA total of 20 articles were selected, of which 53% evaluated infant's food consumption, 82% anthropometric measurements and 30% nutritional knowledge. In general, nutritional education programs are accredited with some significant improvements in food and nutrient consumption, knowledge and dietary practices in complementary feeding, but only those studies that implemented strategies in agriculture, educational workshops and supplementation obtained reductions in chronic malnutrition figures. LIMITATIONS: There is high heterogeneity in the articles included, since the intervention programs have different approaches.
conclusionsPrograms that implemented actions of national agriculture or nutritional supplementation reap the greatest benefits in curbing infant malnutrition.
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