Evaluation of mobile phone-based Positive Deviance/Hearth child undernutrition program in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT: Child undernutrition in Cambodia is a persistent public health problem requiring low-cost and scalable solutions. Rising cellphone use in low-resource settings represents an opportunity to replace in-person counselling visits with phone calls; however, questions remain on relative effectiveness. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of two options for delivering a World Vision infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling programme: (1) traditional Positive Deviance/Hearth (PDH) programme with in-person visits or (2) PDH with Interactive Voice Calling (PDH-IVC) which integrates phone calls to replace 62.5% of face-to-face interaction between caregivers and volunteers, compared to the standard of care (SOC). We conducted a longitudinal cluster-randomised controlled trial in 361 child

SUBMITTER: Young MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476410 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature