A scoping review of research on policies to address child undernutrition in the Millennium Development Goals era.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The breadth of research on the impact of nutrition-specific policies to address child undernutrition is not well documented. This review maps the evidence base and identifies gaps on such policies.

Design

We systematically searched Medline, Embase, PAIS Index for public policy, Scopus and Web of Science databases to identify eligible studies. Key study characteristics, including research design, type of policy, time span of policy before impact assessment, child age at outcome assessment and types of outcomes assessed, were abstracted in duplicate.

Setting

Low-, middle- and high-income countries.

Participants

Studies were eligible for inclusion if they aimed to assess the impact of population-level nutrition-specific policies on undernutrition among c

SUBMITTER: Pike V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature