Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi:  A cluster randomized trial

Gelli, Aulo; Gladstone, Melissa; Twalibu, Aisha; Nnensa, Theresa; Kariger, Patricia; Alderman, Harold; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-2549 Gelli, Aulo; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-6397 Alderman, H.

Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi: A cluster randomized trial

2019

Gelli, Aulo; Gladstone, Melissa; Twalibu, Aisha; Nnensa, Theresa; Kariger, Patricia; Alderman, Harold | http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-2549 Gelli, Aulo; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-6397 Alderman, H.

The Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Program Impact Evaluation (NEEP-IE) cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) aimed to assess the effectiveness of implementing an agriculture and nutritional intervention through preschools, known as community-based child care centres (CBCCs) in Malawi (6). This included; activities to promote nutritious food production and consumption, promotion of optimal feeding and caring practices and engagement with parents in pre-school meal planning and preparation. The NEEP-IE trial has demonstrated that CBCCs can be an effective platform to scale-up an integrated agriculture and nutrition intervention, and improve food production diversity, maternal knowledge, nutrition practices at household level and diets of pre-schoolers and their younger siblings, as well as improve linear growth in younger siblings aged 6-24m (7). This study presents the impact results of the NEEP-IE trial focusing on child development outcomes of pre-school children during a 12m intervention period.

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Non-PR

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IFPRI1; CRP4; DCA; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Capacity Strengthening

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PHND; A4NH

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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

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