ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine2026
Impact of Nutrition and Health Education of Mothers on Infant and Child Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children in Amreli District, Gujarat.
Article in Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- A common risk factor strategy for combating childhood oral diseases and malnutrition in Kalpetta, India.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: National nutrition programs are in operation for the last four decades, yet undernutrition continues to be an important public health problem in India. The study was carried out during 2016-2019 to assess the impact of health and nutrition education on infant and young child feeding practices and the nutritional status of the children. Materials and Methods: A community-based pre- and post-intervention study was carried out in the Amreli District of Gujarat. Nutrition and health education intervention through posters, banners, pamphlets, and group discussion was imparted. Chi-square test and multivariable regression analysis were carried out. Results: A total of 500 HHs were covered at both time points. There was significant improvement in availing ≥4 antenatal practices (69% vs. 87%), early registration of pregnancy (80% to 90%), consumption of ≥100 iron and folic acid tablets (68% to 76%), early initiation of breastfeeding (39% to 54%), exclusive breast feeding up to 6 months (41% vs. 69%), complementary feeding among 12- to 35-month children at 6-8 months (77% to 87%), sanitation and hygienic practices. The prevalence of underweight and wasting has declined significantly from 39% to 32% and from 20% to 13.6%, respectively. Community, education of mothers, per capita income, sanitary latrine, and cooking fuel were associated with the risk of undernutrition. Conclusion: There was improvement in infant and young child feeding practices among mothers, and undernutrition has declined during the study period. Therefore, there is a need of regular health and nutrition education along with regular growth monitoring, hygienic practices, and sanitation to reduce undernutrition among children.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.