Can nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions address intersectional inequalities in women's diets? A mediation analysis using cross-sectional trial data from Odisha, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving nutrition for all requires understanding how interventions influence nutrition inequalities within society. Intersectionality, which considers how multiple disadvantages intersect, may offer more precise insight into the equity of these interventions.

Objectives

Using an intersectionality-informed approach and mediation with exposure-mediator interaction, we investigated how participation in nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions tested in the UPAVAN trial affected inequalities in women's diets in Odisha, India.

Methods

We analyzed cross-sectional endline data from 3294 mothers of children aged 0-23 months in 111 UPAVAN intervention villages. We estimated dietary inequalities as excess relative risk of minimum dietary diversity (MDD-W) acco

SUBMITTER: Fivian E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12405785 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature