{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(12)"],"submitter":["Donato K"],"funding":["Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative","Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) Project"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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"],"journal":["BMJ global health"],"pagination":["e002705"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7751204"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Behavioural insights to support increased consumption of quality protein maize by young children: a cluster randomised trial in Ethiopia."],"pmcid":["PMC7751204"],"pubmed_authors":["McConnell M","Donato K","Tessema M","Gunaratna NS","Cohen J","Han D","De Groote H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Behavioural insights to support increased consumption of quality protein maize by young children: a cluster randomised trial in Ethiopia.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Dec","modification":"2026-06-16T03:13:10.512Z","creation":"2026-06-16T03:07:17.754Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7751204","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33355261"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002705"]}}