Samaki Salama - Promoting healthy child growth and sustainable fisheries in coastal Kenya: A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One in five young children globally suffer the consequences of stunted growth and development and millions experience deficiencies in zinc, iron, iodine, vitamins A and B12, nutrients found bioavailable in fish foods. Small-scale fisheries have the potential to generate income and augment fish consumption while being environmentally sustainable if appropriately managed. However, those engaged in small-scale fisheries are often marginalized, poor, and malnourished. The Samaki Salama project seeks to better understand and address these challenges through a three-arm, longitudinal matched cluster study which evaluates the impact of an integrated nutrition social marketing and modified fishing trap intervention.

Methods

There will be 400 small-scale fisher hous

SUBMITTER: Blackmore I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature