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Replication Data for: Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Increased Vitamin A Intakes and Reduced the Odds of Low Retinol-Binding Protein among Postpartum Kenyan Women

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Title Replication Data for: Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Increased Vitamin A Intakes and Reduced the Odds of Low Retinol-Binding Protein among Postpartum Kenyan Women
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.21223/P3/XAW0XY
 
Creator Girard, Amy
Grant, Frederick
Watkinson, Michelle
Okuku, Haile
Wanjala, Rose
Cole, Donald
Levin, Carol
Low, Jan
 
Publisher International Potato Center
 
Description Background:Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) improves vitamin A (VA) status of young children; research with pregnant and lactating women is limited.Objective:We examined the effectiveness of the Mama SASHA (Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa) program to improve nutrition knowledge, diets, and nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in Western Kenya. Methods: Eight health facilities were allocated to the Mama SASHA intervention or comparison arms. PLW in intervention facilities received enhanced nutrition counseling at health clinics, were linked with community-based maternal support groups, and received vouchers for OFSP vine cuttings. Control PLW received clinic-based nutrition counseling only. A totalof 505 women in early and midpregnancy, attending their first antenatal care visit, and with no previous engagement in project activities were enrolled from the 8 facilities. Nutrition and health-seeking knowledge, food security, dietary patterns, and anthropometric measurements were collected at 4 time points at 9 mo postpartum. VA intakes were assessed with multipass 24-h recalls in a subsample of 206 mothers at 8–10 mo postpartum. VA status was assessed by using serum retinol-binding protein (RBP). Impacts were estimated with multilevel mixed models adjusted for clustering and differences at enrollment. Results: At enrollment, 22.9% of women had RBP
 
Subject Social Sciences
Agriculture
Nutrition surveys
Retinol (Vitamin A)
Sweetpotato
Kenya
 
Language English
 
Date 2010
 
Contributor Okuku, Haile
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP53344
The Global Field Experiences Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
International Potato Center