The development and feasibility of a group-based household-level intervention to improve preconception nutrition in Nawalparasi district of Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a setting such as Nepal with malnutrition and persistent poor maternal and infant health outcomes, developing interventions to improve the nutrition of preconception and pregnant women is essential.

Objective

The objectives of this paper are to describe the full design process of an intervention for newly married women, their husbands, and mothers-in-law to improve maternal nutrition and gender norms, and findings from the feasibility and acceptability pilot.

Methods

In this paper we describe the three phases of the design of an intervention in rural Nepal. We first conducted a mixed methods formative phase which included in depth interviews with newly married women, their husbands and mothers-in-law (N=60) and a longitudinal study for 18 months with 200

SUBMITTER: Diamond-Smith N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8984665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature