Effectiveness of Nutrition and WASH/malaria educational community-based interventions in reducing anemia in children from Angola.

ABSTRACT: We found no published data in Angola regarding the effect of combining nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches in the reduction of anemia in preschool children. Thus, we implemented a cluster-randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of two educational-plus-therapeutic interventions, in Nutrition and WASH/Malaria, in reducing anemia. We compared them to (1) a test-and-treat intervention and (2) with each other. A block randomization was performed to allocate 6 isolated hamlets to 3 study arms. A difference-in-difference technique, using Fit Generalized estimating models, was used to determine differences between the children successfully followed in all groups, between 2015 and 2016. We found no significant differences in anemia´s and hemoglobin variability b

SUBMITTER: Fancony C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7946872 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature