The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development

Tubaramure is a food‐assisted integrated health and nutrition program that targets pregnant women and their children up to 2 y of age (first 1000 d). Program beneficiaries received monthly food rations (corn‐soy blend and oil) and attended bi‐monthly nutrition and health education sessions and preve...

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Main Authors: Olney, Deanna K., Leroy, Jef L., Bliznashka, Lilia, Ruel, Marie T.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150381
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author Olney, Deanna K.
Leroy, Jef L.
Bliznashka, Lilia
Ruel, Marie T.
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Leroy, Jef L.
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description Tubaramure is a food‐assisted integrated health and nutrition program that targets pregnant women and their children up to 2 y of age (first 1000 d). Program beneficiaries received monthly food rations (corn‐soy blend and oil) and attended bi‐monthly nutrition and health education sessions and preventive health visits. We evaluated the program's impact over 2 y using a cross‐sectional cluster randomized controlled study. Sixty villages were assigned to one of 4 study groups that received benefits for different durations: T24: pregnancy up to 24 m; T18: pregnancy to 18 m; TNFP: same as T24, but without food rations during pregnancy; and Control. We estimated the program's impact on children's motor (30 milestones) and language (21 milestones) development in three age groups (4‐11 m, 12‐17 m and 18‐24 m).Tubaramure had statistically significant positive impacts on children's motor and language development although the pattern of impacts varied by age. The program led to higher achieved motor milestones among children aged 12‐17 m in the TNFP and T18 groups compared to control (1.2 and 0.8 milestones, respectively). No effect was found in T24. Tubaramure positively impacted language development among children 12‐17 m in the TNFP and T18 groups (0.9 and 0.8 milestones, respectively) and among children 18‐24 m in the T18 and T24 groups (0.8 and 1.6 milestones, respectively). There were no significant program impacts on motor or language development among children aged 4‐11 m. Tubaramure had a significant impact on motor development around the age when children obtain bipedal locomotion and on language development as they gain more language skills.Funded by USAID's Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project & CGIAR Research Program on A4NH, led by IFPRI.
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spelling CGSpace1503812024-11-15T08:53:14Z The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development Olney, Deanna K. Leroy, Jef L. Bliznashka, Lilia Ruel, Marie T. pregnancy child development food rationing nutrition Tubaramure is a food‐assisted integrated health and nutrition program that targets pregnant women and their children up to 2 y of age (first 1000 d). Program beneficiaries received monthly food rations (corn‐soy blend and oil) and attended bi‐monthly nutrition and health education sessions and preventive health visits. We evaluated the program's impact over 2 y using a cross‐sectional cluster randomized controlled study. Sixty villages were assigned to one of 4 study groups that received benefits for different durations: T24: pregnancy up to 24 m; T18: pregnancy to 18 m; TNFP: same as T24, but without food rations during pregnancy; and Control. We estimated the program's impact on children's motor (30 milestones) and language (21 milestones) development in three age groups (4‐11 m, 12‐17 m and 18‐24 m).Tubaramure had statistically significant positive impacts on children's motor and language development although the pattern of impacts varied by age. The program led to higher achieved motor milestones among children aged 12‐17 m in the TNFP and T18 groups compared to control (1.2 and 0.8 milestones, respectively). No effect was found in T24. Tubaramure positively impacted language development among children 12‐17 m in the TNFP and T18 groups (0.9 and 0.8 milestones, respectively) and among children 18‐24 m in the T18 and T24 groups (0.8 and 1.6 milestones, respectively). There were no significant program impacts on motor or language development among children aged 4‐11 m. Tubaramure had a significant impact on motor development around the age when children obtain bipedal locomotion and on language development as they gain more language skills.Funded by USAID's Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project & CGIAR Research Program on A4NH, led by IFPRI. 2015-04-03 2024-08-01T02:51:38Z 2024-08-01T02:51:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150381 en Limited Access Wiley Olney, Deanna K.; Leroy, Jef L.; Bliznashka, Lilia; and Ruel, Marie T. 2015. The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development. The FASEB Journal 29: 898.16 https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.898.16
spellingShingle pregnancy
child development
food rationing
nutrition
Olney, Deanna K.
Leroy, Jef L.
Bliznashka, Lilia
Ruel, Marie T.
The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title_full The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title_fullStr The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title_full_unstemmed The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title_short The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on children's development
title_sort impact of tubaramure a food assisted integrated health and nutrition program in burundi on children s development
topic pregnancy
child development
food rationing
nutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150381
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