Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone
We evaluate the immediate impact of a nutrition and gender behaviour change communication on dietary quality in rural communities in Myanmar and assess whether the communication helped mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on dietary quality. The intervention was designed and implemented as a c...
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2021
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| author | Ragasa, Catherine Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Zhao, Hongdi Aung, Zin Wai Scott, Jessica |
| author_browse | Aung, Zin Wai Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Ragasa, Catherine Scott, Jessica Zhao, Hongdi |
| author_facet | Ragasa, Catherine Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Zhao, Hongdi Aung, Zin Wai Scott, Jessica |
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| description | We evaluate the immediate impact of a nutrition and gender behaviour change communication on dietary quality in rural communities in Myanmar and assess whether the communication helped mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on dietary quality. The intervention was designed and implemented as a cluster-randomised controlled trial in which 15 villages received the intervention and 15 control villages did not. The intervention was implemented from June to October 2020. This paper provides an assessment of the intervention's impact on dietary quality based on the results of two phone surveys conducted in August and October 2020. Immediate impacts of the intervention indicate an improvement in women's dietary diversity scores by half a food group out of 10. At baseline, 44% of women were likely to have consumed inadequately diverse diets; results indicate that 6% (p-value: 0.003, SE: 0.02) fewer sample women were likely to have consumed inadequately diverse diets. More women in treatment villages consumed pulses, nuts, eggs and Vitamin A-rich foods daily than in control villages. In response to economic shocks related to COVID-19, households in the treatment villages were less likely to reduce the quantity of meat and fish consumption than in control villages. The long-term impacts of the intervention need to be continuously evaluated. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1427842025-12-08T10:11:39Z Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone Ragasa, Catherine Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Zhao, Hongdi Aung, Zin Wai Scott, Jessica covid-19 impact evaluation capacity development nutrition behaviour diet dietary quality resilience We evaluate the immediate impact of a nutrition and gender behaviour change communication on dietary quality in rural communities in Myanmar and assess whether the communication helped mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on dietary quality. The intervention was designed and implemented as a cluster-randomised controlled trial in which 15 villages received the intervention and 15 control villages did not. The intervention was implemented from June to October 2020. This paper provides an assessment of the intervention's impact on dietary quality based on the results of two phone surveys conducted in August and October 2020. Immediate impacts of the intervention indicate an improvement in women's dietary diversity scores by half a food group out of 10. At baseline, 44% of women were likely to have consumed inadequately diverse diets; results indicate that 6% (p-value: 0.003, SE: 0.02) fewer sample women were likely to have consumed inadequately diverse diets. More women in treatment villages consumed pulses, nuts, eggs and Vitamin A-rich foods daily than in control villages. In response to economic shocks related to COVID-19, households in the treatment villages were less likely to reduce the quantity of meat and fish consumption than in control villages. The long-term impacts of the intervention need to be continuously evaluated. 2021-09-30 2024-05-22T12:11:03Z 2024-05-22T12:11:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142784 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103026 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01089-w https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12632 Open Access John Wiley & Sons Ragasa, Catherine; Lambrecht, Isabel; Mahrt, Kristi; Zhao, Hongdi; Aung, Zin Wai; and Scott, Jessica. 2021. Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone. Maternal and Child Nutrition 17(4): e13259. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13259 |
| spellingShingle | covid-19 impact evaluation capacity development nutrition behaviour diet dietary quality resilience Ragasa, Catherine Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Zhao, Hongdi Aung, Zin Wai Scott, Jessica Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title | Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title_full | Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title_fullStr | Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title_short | Can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on dietary quality? Cluster-randomised controlled trial evidence in Myanmar's central dry zone |
| title_sort | can nutrition education mitigate the impacts of covid 19 on dietary quality cluster randomised controlled trial evidence in myanmar s central dry zone |
| topic | covid-19 impact evaluation capacity development nutrition behaviour diet dietary quality resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142784 |
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