Age-based preventive targeting of food assistance and behaviour change and communication for reduction of childhood undernutrition in Haiti: a cluster randomised trial

Summary Background Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programmes usually target underweight children younger than 5 years of age. Previous evidence suggests that targeting nutrition interventions earlier in life, before children become undernourished, might be more effective for r...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2008-02, Vol.371 (9612), p.588-595
Main Authors: Ruel, Marie T, PhD, Menon, Purnima, PhD, Habicht, Jean-Pierre, PhD, Loechl, Cornelia, PhD, Bergeron, Gilles, PhD, Pelto, Gretel, PhD, Arimond, Mary, MS, Maluccio, John, PhD, Michaud, Lesly, MD, Hankebo, Bekele, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Body Size
Child Health Services
Child Nutrition Disorders - diet therapy
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Child Nutrition Disorders - prevention & control
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Data analysis
Data collection
Effectiveness
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food Services
Growth
Haiti - epidemiology
Health education
Health services
Health Surveys
Humans
Infant
Internal Medicine
Intervention
Male
Malnutrition
Maternal Health Services
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Prevention programs
Preventive Health Services
Thinness - diet therapy
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Summary:Summary Background Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programmes usually target underweight children younger than 5 years of age. Previous evidence suggests that targeting nutrition interventions earlier in life, before children become undernourished, might be more effective for reduction of childhood undernutrition. Methods We used a cluster randomised trial to compare two World Vision programmes for maternal and child health and nutrition, which included a behaviour change and communication component: a preventive model, targeting all children aged 6–23 months; and a recuperative model, targeting underweight (weight-for-age Z score
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60271-8