Context for layering women's nutrition interventions on a large scale poverty alleviation program: Evidence from three eastern Indian states.

ABSTRACT: Over 70 million women of reproductive age are undernourished in India. Most poverty alleviation programs have not been systematically evaluated to assess impact on women's empowerment and nutrition outcomes. National Rural Livelihoods Mission's poverty alleviation and livelihoods generation initiative is an opportune platform to layer women's nutrition interventions being tapped by project Swabhimaan in three eastern Indian states-Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. A cross-sectional baseline survey covering 8755 mothers of children under-two years of age, one of the three primary target groups of program are presented. Standardized questionnaire was administered and anthropometric measurements were undertaken from October 2016 to January 2017. 21 indicators on women's empowerment, Body Mass I

SUBMITTER: R S R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342298 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature