Effectiveness of a community-based nutrition programme to improve child growth in rural Ethiopia: a cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: Few trials have shown that promoting complementary feeding among young children is effective in improving child linear growth in resource-challenged settings. We designed a community-based participatory nutrition promotion (CPNP) programme adapting a Positive Deviance/Hearth approach that engaged mothers in 2-week nutrition sessions using the principles of 'learning by doing' around child feeding. We aimed to test the effectiveness of the CPNP for improving child growth in rural Ethiopia. A cluster randomized trial was implemented by adding the CPNP to the existing government nutrition programmes (six clusters) vs. government programmes only (six clusters). A total of 1790 children aged 6 to 12 months (876 in the intervention and 914 in the control areas) were enrolled and assessed on anth

SUBMITTER: Kang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866137 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature