Behavioural insights to support increased consumption of quality protein maize by young children: a cluster randomised trial in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Biofortified crops have tremendous potential to improve child nutrition. We tested whether complementing the distribution of quality protein maize (QPM) with a package of interventions informed by behavioural insights could support greater consumption of QPM by young children and translate into improved growth.

Methods

We conducted a cluster-randomised trial in Oromia, Ethiopia. Clusters of households with a child between 6 and 35 months were randomised into an arm receiving QPM seed only (320 households, 203 clusters) or an arm receiving QPM seed and a child consumption targeting intervention (290 households, 183 clusters). The intervention package included tools to help caregivers keep QPM separate from conventional maize and to earmark QPM specifically for ch

SUBMITTER: Donato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751204 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature