The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood stunting remains common in many low-income settings and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as impaired child development.

Methods

The main objective of the study was to assess whether home-installed growth charts as well as small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) can reduce growth faltering among infants. All caregivers of infants between 2 and 10 months of age at baseline, and at least 6 months old at the beginning of the interventions, in 282 randomly selected enumeration areas in Choma, Mansa and Lusaka districts in Zambia were invited to participate in the study. Cluster randomisation was stratified by district. A software-generated random number draw was used to assign clusters to one of four arms: (1) no

SUBMITTER: Fink G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11331861 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature