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Reducing Child Undernutrition through Dietary Diversification, Reduced Aflatoxin Exposure, and Improved Hygiene Practices: The Immediate Impacts in Central Tanzania

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https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2019.1691000
doi:10.1080/03670244.2019.1691000
 
Title Reducing Child Undernutrition through Dietary Diversification, Reduced Aflatoxin Exposure, and Improved Hygiene Practices: The Immediate Impacts in Central Tanzania
 
Creator Anitha, S
Muzanila, Y
Tsusaka, T W
Kachulu, L
Kumwenda, N
Musoke, M
Swai, E
Shija, J
Siambi, M
Monyo, E S
Bekunda, M
Okori, P
 
Subject Food and Nutrition
Aflatoxins
 
Description The study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary
diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study. The difference-in-difference (DID) method was used to assess the effects of intensive intervention through a learning-by-doing process on the topic of aflatoxin free diversified food utilization and
improved hygiene practices. Periodic anthropometric measurements were conducted on the 0th, 7th, 14th, and 21st days, and DID estimator showed the significant and positive average marginal effects of the intervention on Z-Scores being 0.459, 0.252, and 0.493 for wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. Notably, at the end of the study, the mean aflatoxin M1 level in urine samples decreased by 64% in the intervention group, while it decreased by 11% in the control group. The study provides quantitative evidence on intensive 21-day training for mothers incorporating integrated technologies
yielded positive impacts on their children’s nutritional
outcomes.
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis
 
Date 2019-11
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11387/1/03670244.2019.pdf
Anitha, S and Muzanila, Y and Tsusaka, T W and Kachulu, L and Kumwenda, N and Musoke, M and Swai, E and Shija, J and Siambi, M and Monyo, E S and Bekunda, M and Okori, P (2019) Reducing Child Undernutrition through Dietary Diversification, Reduced Aflatoxin Exposure, and Improved Hygiene Practices: The Immediate Impacts in Central Tanzania. Ecology of Food and Nutrition (TSI). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0367-0244