Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial
Behavioural change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from...
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| author | Kurdi, Sikandra Figueroa, Jose Luis Ibrahim, Hosam |
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| description | Behavioural change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from a cluster randomized control trial of the Yemen Cash for Nutrition programme's impact on child nutritional status, this paper shows that the programme significantly improved knowledge and practices for poor women with young children in the pilot districts. The intervention consisted of cash transfers and monthly group nutrition education sessions led by locally recruited community health volunteers. Data are based on self‐reports by participants. Estimating impacts among all 1,945 women in 190 clusters randomly assigned to treatment versus control and controlling for baseline levels and community characteristic and adjusting for noncompliance with randomization, the programme increased the probability of breastfeeding initiation within the first hour after delivery by 15.6% points (p < .05; control = 74.4% and treatment = 83.6%), the probability of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months by 14.4% points (control = 13.5% and treatment = 25.3%), the probability of households treating water consumed by adults by 16.7% points (p < .01; control = 13.9% and treatment = 23.4%), and treating water consumed by children under two by 10.3% points (p < .10; control = 31.2% and treatment = 37.9%). Impacts on knowledge and breastfeeding are similar for both literate and illiterate women, and water treatment impacts are significantly larger for literate women. This study was registered at 3ie (RIDIE‐STUDY‐ID‐5b4eff881b29a) and funded by the Nordic Trust Fund and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research programme on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1427942024-10-25T07:53:03Z Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial Kurdi, Sikandra Figueroa, Jose Luis Ibrahim, Hosam infants child nutrition humanitarian organizations training nutrition education nutrition children teachers cash transfers breastfeeding knowledge women Behavioural change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from a cluster randomized control trial of the Yemen Cash for Nutrition programme's impact on child nutritional status, this paper shows that the programme significantly improved knowledge and practices for poor women with young children in the pilot districts. The intervention consisted of cash transfers and monthly group nutrition education sessions led by locally recruited community health volunteers. Data are based on self‐reports by participants. Estimating impacts among all 1,945 women in 190 clusters randomly assigned to treatment versus control and controlling for baseline levels and community characteristic and adjusting for noncompliance with randomization, the programme increased the probability of breastfeeding initiation within the first hour after delivery by 15.6% points (p < .05; control = 74.4% and treatment = 83.6%), the probability of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months by 14.4% points (control = 13.5% and treatment = 25.3%), the probability of households treating water consumed by adults by 16.7% points (p < .01; control = 13.9% and treatment = 23.4%), and treating water consumed by children under two by 10.3% points (p < .10; control = 31.2% and treatment = 37.9%). Impacts on knowledge and breastfeeding are similar for both literate and illiterate women, and water treatment impacts are significantly larger for literate women. This study was registered at 3ie (RIDIE‐STUDY‐ID‐5b4eff881b29a) and funded by the Nordic Trust Fund and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research programme on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. 2020-04-01 2024-05-22T12:11:04Z 2024-05-22T12:11:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142794 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133219 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293601 Open Access John Wiley & Sons Kurdi, Sikandra; Figueroa, Jose Luis; and Ibrahim, Hosam. 2020. Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial. Maternal and Child Nutrition 16(3): e12973. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12973 |
| spellingShingle | infants child nutrition humanitarian organizations training nutrition education nutrition children teachers cash transfers breastfeeding knowledge women Kurdi, Sikandra Figueroa, Jose Luis Ibrahim, Hosam Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title | Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title_full | Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title_short | Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| title_sort | nutritional training in a humanitarian context evidence from a cluster randomized trial |
| topic | infants child nutrition humanitarian organizations training nutrition education nutrition children teachers cash transfers breastfeeding knowledge women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142794 |
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