The impact of a counselling intervention on nutrition practices among caregivers of children under two in the Kyrgyz Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of a counselling programme to strengthen the health and nutrition behaviours of caregivers of children under 2 and the sustainability of that impact through reduced intervention intensity one year later.

Design

The programme trained community- and facility-based health staff to provide nutrition counselling. We conducted an impact evaluation with a modified stepped-wedge design using difference-in-differences analysis to compare indicator changes in an intervention group to a comparison group (midterm survey) and then a full intervention group to a light intervention group (final survey).

Setting

Batken and Jalal-Abad oblasts, the Kyrgyz Republic, 2020-2023.

Participants

Caregivers of children under 2 provided 6253 responses in

SUBMITTER: Abdyldaeva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11604319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature