Developmental outcomes of an individualised complementary feeding intervention for stunted children: a substudy from a larger randomised controlled trial in Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Stunting is a common cause of early child developmental delay; Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of stunting globally. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of an intensive community health worker-led complementary feeding intervention on early child development in Guatemala. We hypothesised that the intervention would improve child development over usual care.

Design

A substudy from a larger individually randomised (1:1 allocation ratio), parallel-group superiority trial, with blinding of study staff collecting outcomes data.

Setting

Rural, indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala.

Participants

210 stunted children (height-for-age z-score ≤-2.5) aged 6-24 months, previously randomised to usual care (106) or an intensive complementary f

SUBMITTER: Martinez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173251 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature