Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia

Appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are critical for optimal child growth and development, but in Ethiopia, complementary feeding (CF) practices are very poor. Alive & Thrive (A&T) provided intensive behavior change interventions through 4 platforms: interpersonal communication (IPC...

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Main Authors: Kim, Sunny S., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Yohannes, Yisehac, Abebe, Yewelsew, Tharaney, Manisha, Drummond, Elizabeth, Frongillo, Edward A., Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146254
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author Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Yohannes, Yisehac
Abebe, Yewelsew
Tharaney, Manisha
Drummond, Elizabeth
Frongillo, Edward A.
Ruel, Marie T.
Menon, Purnima
author_browse Abebe, Yewelsew
Drummond, Elizabeth
Frongillo, Edward A.
Kim, Sunny S.
Menon, Purnima
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Ruel, Marie T.
Tharaney, Manisha
Yohannes, Yisehac
author_facet Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Yohannes, Yisehac
Abebe, Yewelsew
Tharaney, Manisha
Drummond, Elizabeth
Frongillo, Edward A.
Ruel, Marie T.
Menon, Purnima
author_sort Kim, Sunny S.
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description Appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are critical for optimal child growth and development, but in Ethiopia, complementary feeding (CF) practices are very poor. Alive & Thrive (A&T) provided intensive behavior change interventions through 4 platforms: interpersonal communication (IPC), nutrition-sensitive agricultural activities (AG), community mobilization (CM), and mass media (MM). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of A&T intensive compared with nonintensive interventions (standard nutrition counseling and agricultural extension service and less intensive CM and MM) on CF practices and knowledge and child anthropometric outcomes.
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spelling CGSpace1462542025-04-03T21:29:22Z Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia Kim, Sunny S. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Yohannes, Yisehac Abebe, Yewelsew Tharaney, Manisha Drummond, Elizabeth Frongillo, Edward A. Ruel, Marie T. Menon, Purnima child nutrition behavioural sciences undernutrition malnutrition nutrition infant feeding child feeding children communication impact assessment Appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are critical for optimal child growth and development, but in Ethiopia, complementary feeding (CF) practices are very poor. Alive & Thrive (A&T) provided intensive behavior change interventions through 4 platforms: interpersonal communication (IPC), nutrition-sensitive agricultural activities (AG), community mobilization (CM), and mass media (MM). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of A&T intensive compared with nonintensive interventions (standard nutrition counseling and agricultural extension service and less intensive CM and MM) on CF practices and knowledge and child anthropometric outcomes. 2019-06-18 2024-06-21T09:06:21Z 2024-06-21T09:06:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146254 en Open Access American Society for Nutrition Kim, Sunny S.; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Yohannes, Yisehac; Abebe, Yewelsew; Tharaney, Manisha; Drummond, Elizabeth; Frongillo, Edward A.; Ruel, Marie T.; and Menon, Purnima. 2019. Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition 149(8): 1470–1481. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz087
spellingShingle child nutrition
behavioural sciences
undernutrition
malnutrition
nutrition
infant feeding
child feeding
children
communication
impact assessment
Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Yohannes, Yisehac
Abebe, Yewelsew
Tharaney, Manisha
Drummond, Elizabeth
Frongillo, Edward A.
Ruel, Marie T.
Menon, Purnima
Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title_full Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title_short Behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication, agricultural activities, community mobilization, and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in Ethiopia
title_sort behavior change interventions delivered through interpersonal communication agricultural activities community mobilization and mass media increase complementary feeding practices and reduce child stunting in ethiopia
topic child nutrition
behavioural sciences
undernutrition
malnutrition
nutrition
infant feeding
child feeding
children
communication
impact assessment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146254
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