Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania
The study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study...
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| author | Anitha, S. Muzanila, Y. Tsusaka, T.W. Kachulu, L. Kumwenda, N. Musoke, M. Swai, E. Shija, J. Siambi, M. Monyo, E.S. Bekunda, Mateete A. Okori, Patrick |
| author_browse | Anitha, S. Bekunda, Mateete A. Kachulu, L. Kumwenda, N. Monyo, E.S. Musoke, M. Muzanila, Y. Okori, Patrick Shija, J. Siambi, M. Swai, E. Tsusaka, T.W. |
| author_facet | Anitha, S. Muzanila, Y. Tsusaka, T.W. Kachulu, L. Kumwenda, N. Musoke, M. Swai, E. Shija, J. Siambi, M. Monyo, E.S. Bekunda, Mateete A. Okori, Patrick |
| author_sort | Anitha, S. |
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| description | The study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study. The difference-in-difference (DID) method was used to assess the effects of intensive intervention through a learning-by-doing process on the topic of aflatoxin free diversified food utilization and improved hygiene practices. Periodic anthropometric measurements were conducted on the 0th, 7th, 14th, and 21st days, and DID estimator showed the significant and positive average marginal effects of the intervention on Z-Scores being 0.459, 0.252, and 0.493 for wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. Notably, at the end of the study, the mean aflatoxin M1 level in urine samples decreased by 64% in the intervention group, while it decreased by 11% in the control group. The study provides quantitative evidence on intensive 21-day training for mothers incorporating integrated technologies yielded positive impacts on their children’s nutritional outcomes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1066832025-11-12T05:33:43Z Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania Anitha, S. Muzanila, Y. Tsusaka, T.W. Kachulu, L. Kumwenda, N. Musoke, M. Swai, E. Shija, J. Siambi, M. Monyo, E.S. Bekunda, Mateete A. Okori, Patrick malnutrition foods aflatoxins food safety ecology food science The study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study. The difference-in-difference (DID) method was used to assess the effects of intensive intervention through a learning-by-doing process on the topic of aflatoxin free diversified food utilization and improved hygiene practices. Periodic anthropometric measurements were conducted on the 0th, 7th, 14th, and 21st days, and DID estimator showed the significant and positive average marginal effects of the intervention on Z-Scores being 0.459, 0.252, and 0.493 for wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. Notably, at the end of the study, the mean aflatoxin M1 level in urine samples decreased by 64% in the intervention group, while it decreased by 11% in the control group. The study provides quantitative evidence on intensive 21-day training for mothers incorporating integrated technologies yielded positive impacts on their children’s nutritional outcomes. 2020-05-03 2020-01-22T15:28:55Z 2020-01-22T15:28:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106683 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Anitha, S., Muzanila, Y., Tsusaka, T.W., Kachulu, L., Kumwenda, N., Musoke, M., ... & Okori, P. (2019). Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1-20. |
| spellingShingle | malnutrition foods aflatoxins food safety ecology food science Anitha, S. Muzanila, Y. Tsusaka, T.W. Kachulu, L. Kumwenda, N. Musoke, M. Swai, E. Shija, J. Siambi, M. Monyo, E.S. Bekunda, Mateete A. Okori, Patrick Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title | Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title_full | Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title_short | Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania |
| title_sort | reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification reduced aflatoxin exposure and improved hygiene practices the immediate impacts in central tanzania |
| topic | malnutrition foods aflatoxins food safety ecology food science |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106683 |
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