Family networks and infant health promotion: a mixed-methods evaluation from a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Parents may rely on information provided by extended family members when making decisions concerning the health of their children. We evaluate whether extended family members affected the success of an information intervention promoting infant health.

Methods

This is a secondary, sequential mixed-methods study based on a cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led home-education intervention conducted in Mchinji District, Malawi. We used linear multivariate regression to test whether the intervention impact on child height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) was influenced by extended family members. 12 of 24 clusters were assigned to the intervention, in which all pregnant women and new mothers were eligible to receive 5 home visits from a trained peer counsellor to disc

SUBMITTER: Scott M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009513 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature