Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status
Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes. However, evidence of how design features within and across programme types influence the effectiveness of SAPs for improving diet and nutrition outcomes amon...
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| author | Olney, Deanna K. Gelli, Aulo Kumar, Neha Alderman, Harold Go, Ara Raza, Ahmed |
| author_browse | Alderman, Harold Gelli, Aulo Go, Ara Kumar, Neha Olney, Deanna K. Raza, Ahmed |
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| description | Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes. However, evidence of how design features within and across programme types influence the effectiveness of SAPs for improving diet and nutrition outcomes among women and children is limited. To address this, we reviewed evaluations of cash, in-kind and voucher programmes conducted between 2010 and 2020 among women and children, and examined associations between design features (targeting, including household and individual transfers, fortified foods and behaviour change communication) and positive impacts on diet (diet diversity, micronutrient intake) and nutrition (anthropometric indicators, haemoglobin, anaemia) outcomes. Our review has several key findings. First, SAPs improve dietary diversity and intake of micronutrient-rich foods among women and children, as well as improve several nutrition outcomes. Second, SAPs were more likely to impact diet and nutrition outcomes among women compared with children (23/45 [51%] vs. 52/144 [36%] of outcomes measured). Third, in-kind (all but one of which included fortified foods) compared with cash transfer programmes were more likely to significantly increase women's body mass index and children's weight-for-height/length Z-score, and both women's and children's haemoglobin and anaemia. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of SAPs for improving micronutrient status and preventing increased prevalence of overweight and obesity for all populations and for improving diet and nutrition outcomes among men, adolescents and the elderly. Further research in these areas is urgently needed to optimize impact of SAPs on diet and nutrition outcomes as countries increase investments in SAPs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1413232025-10-26T13:02:35Z Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status Olney, Deanna K. Gelli, Aulo Kumar, Neha Alderman, Harold Go, Ara Raza, Ahmed nutritional status social assistance nutrient intake social protection nutrition trace elements children dietary diversity women Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes. However, evidence of how design features within and across programme types influence the effectiveness of SAPs for improving diet and nutrition outcomes among women and children is limited. To address this, we reviewed evaluations of cash, in-kind and voucher programmes conducted between 2010 and 2020 among women and children, and examined associations between design features (targeting, including household and individual transfers, fortified foods and behaviour change communication) and positive impacts on diet (diet diversity, micronutrient intake) and nutrition (anthropometric indicators, haemoglobin, anaemia) outcomes. Our review has several key findings. First, SAPs improve dietary diversity and intake of micronutrient-rich foods among women and children, as well as improve several nutrition outcomes. Second, SAPs were more likely to impact diet and nutrition outcomes among women compared with children (23/45 [51%] vs. 52/144 [36%] of outcomes measured). Third, in-kind (all but one of which included fortified foods) compared with cash transfer programmes were more likely to significantly increase women's body mass index and children's weight-for-height/length Z-score, and both women's and children's haemoglobin and anaemia. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of SAPs for improving micronutrient status and preventing increased prevalence of overweight and obesity for all populations and for improving diet and nutrition outcomes among men, adolescents and the elderly. Further research in these areas is urgently needed to optimize impact of SAPs on diet and nutrition outcomes as countries increase investments in SAPs. 2022-10 2024-04-12T13:37:41Z 2024-04-12T13:37:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141323 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134593 Open Access Wiley Olney, Deanna K.; Gelli, Aulo; Kumar, Neha; Alderman, Harold; Go, Ara; and Raza, Ahmed. Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status. Maternal and Child Nutrition 18(4): e13378. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13378 |
| spellingShingle | nutritional status social assistance nutrient intake social protection nutrition trace elements children dietary diversity women Olney, Deanna K. Gelli, Aulo Kumar, Neha Alderman, Harold Go, Ara Raza, Ahmed Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title | Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title_full | Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title_fullStr | Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title_short | Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status |
| title_sort | social assistance programme impacts on women s and children s diets and nutritional status |
| topic | nutritional status social assistance nutrient intake social protection nutrition trace elements children dietary diversity women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141323 |
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