Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda
Although social support from fathers is associated with improved child feeding practices, evidence on feasible, acceptable, and effective ways to involve fathers in supporting child nutrition, including animal source food (ASF) consumption, is limited. This study was a fol low-on to a trial that tes...
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| author | Flax, Valerie L. Ouma, Emily A. Schreiner, M.-A. Ufitinema, A. Niyonzima, E. Colverson, Kathleen E. Galiè, Alessandra |
| author_browse | Colverson, Kathleen E. Flax, Valerie L. Galiè, Alessandra Niyonzima, E. Ouma, Emily A. Schreiner, M.-A. Ufitinema, A. |
| author_facet | Flax, Valerie L. Ouma, Emily A. Schreiner, M.-A. Ufitinema, A. Niyonzima, E. Colverson, Kathleen E. Galiè, Alessandra |
| author_sort | Flax, Valerie L. |
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| description | Although social support from fathers is associated with improved child feeding practices, evidence on feasible, acceptable, and effective ways to involve fathers in supporting child nutrition, including animal source food (ASF) consumption, is limited. This study was a fol low-on to a trial that tested the effects of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) targeted mainly at mothers to promote ASF consumption by children in households that received an exotic or crossbred cow through the government of Rwanda’s Girinka “One Cow Per Poor Family” program (NCT0345567). A delayed SBCC intervention was provided to mothers in the non-intervention arms prior to the present pre/post study, which targeted fathers in households across the trial study arms. Baseline and endline surveys with a cohort of 149 fathers with a child clear actions they could take to support their children’s ASF consumption. This study shows that an SBCC intervention for fathers can improve children’s ASF consumption and increase fathers’ knowledge, awareness, and support for children’s nutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1300032025-10-26T12:54:34Z Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda Flax, Valerie L. Ouma, Emily A. Schreiner, M.-A. Ufitinema, A. Niyonzima, E. Colverson, Kathleen E. Galiè, Alessandra animal source foods livestock consumption child nutrition Although social support from fathers is associated with improved child feeding practices, evidence on feasible, acceptable, and effective ways to involve fathers in supporting child nutrition, including animal source food (ASF) consumption, is limited. This study was a fol low-on to a trial that tested the effects of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) targeted mainly at mothers to promote ASF consumption by children in households that received an exotic or crossbred cow through the government of Rwanda’s Girinka “One Cow Per Poor Family” program (NCT0345567). A delayed SBCC intervention was provided to mothers in the non-intervention arms prior to the present pre/post study, which targeted fathers in households across the trial study arms. Baseline and endline surveys with a cohort of 149 fathers with a child clear actions they could take to support their children’s ASF consumption. This study shows that an SBCC intervention for fathers can improve children’s ASF consumption and increase fathers’ knowledge, awareness, and support for children’s nutrition. 2023-04-07 2023-04-16T16:56:02Z 2023-04-16T16:56:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130003 en Open Access Flax, V.L., Ouma, E.A., Schreiner, M.-A., Ufitinema, A., Niyonzima, E., Colverson, K.E. and Galiè, A. 2023. Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda. PLoS ONE 18(4):e0283813. |
| spellingShingle | animal source foods livestock consumption child nutrition Flax, Valerie L. Ouma, Emily A. Schreiner, M.-A. Ufitinema, A. Niyonzima, E. Colverson, Kathleen E. Galiè, Alessandra Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title | Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title_full | Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title_fullStr | Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title_short | Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children’s animal source food consumption in Rwanda |
| title_sort | engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children s animal source food consumption in rwanda |
| topic | animal source foods livestock consumption child nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130003 |
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