Interventions to improve the nutritional status of children under 5 years in Ethiopia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a systematic review of experimental or quasi-experimental studies that aimed to improve the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in Ethiopia.

Design

Embase, MEDLINE/PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsychINFO, and Academic Search Database were used to locate peer-reviewed studies, and Google Scholar and Open Dissertation were used to locate grey literatures. All searches were conducted between 2000 and November 2022.

Setting

Ethiopia.

Participants

Pregnant women and mothers with children aged 0-59 months.

Results

Ten cluster randomised controlled trials (RCT), six quasi-experimental studies and two individual RCT were included. Out of the identified eighteen studies, three studi

SUBMITTER: Ahmed KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755407 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature