A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Role of Participation in a Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation is key to the successful implementation of nutrition-related interventions, but it has been relatively overlooked.

Objective

We sought to describe participation intensity among smallholder farmers in a randomized nutrition-sensitive agroecology study in rural Tanzania. We explored the association between baseline characteristics and overall participation intensity (quantitatively at the individual level and qualitatively at the group level), the association of participation intensity with 2 process indicators, and the association between participation intensity and key study outcomes.

Methods

Data came from 7 rounds of surveys with 295 women and 267 men across 29 months and 2 rounds of semi-structured interviews with the 20 "mentor farmers" wh

SUBMITTER: Santoso MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature