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A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Nutrition Behavior Change Intervention Delivered Through Women’s Self-Help Groups in Rural India: Impacts on Maternal and Young Child Diets, Anthropometry, and Intermediate Outcomes

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Title A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Nutrition Behavior Change Intervention Delivered Through Women’s Self-Help Groups in Rural India: Impacts on Maternal and Young Child Diets, Anthropometry, and Intermediate Outcomes
 
Creator Scott, Samuel
Gupta, Shivani
Menon, Purnima
Raghunathan, Kalyani
Thai, Giang
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Kumar, Neha
 
Subject nutrition
behaviour
gender
women
rural areas
self-help groups
diet
children
anthropometry
infant feeding
child feeding
 
Description Background: Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have become one of the largest institutional platforms serving the poor. Nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) interventions delivered through SHGs may improve maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Objective: To understand the effects of a nutrition BCC intervention delivered through SHGs in rural India on intermediate outcomes and nutrition outcomes. Methods: We compared 16 matched blocks where communities were supported to form SHGs and improve livelihoods; 8 blocks received a 3-year nutrition intensive (NI) intervention with nutrition BCC, agriculture- and rights-based information, facilitated by a trained female volunteer; another 8 blocks received standard activities (STD) to support savings/livelihoods. Repeated cross-sectional surveys of mother-child pairs were conducted in 2017-18 (n = 1609 pairs) and 2019-20 (n = 1841 pairs). We matched treatment groups over time and applied difference-in-difference regression models to estimate impacts on intermediate outcomes (knowledge, income, agriculture/livelihoods, rights, empowerment) and nutrition outcomes (child feeding, woman's diet, woman and child anthropometry). Analyses were repeated on households with at least one SHG member. Results: 40% of women were SHG members and 50% were from households with at least one SHG member. Only 10% of women in NI blocks had heard of intervention content at endline. Knowledge improved in both NI and STD groups. There was a positive NI impact on knowledge of timely introduction of animal sourced foods to children (p
 
Date 2022-06-01
2023-01-20T21:25:18Z
2023-01-20T21:25:18Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Scott, Samuel; Gupta, Shivani; Menon, Purnima; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Thai, Giang; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha; et al. 2022. A quasi-experimental evaluation of a nutrition behavior change intervention delivered through women’s self-help groups in rural India: Impacts on maternal and young child diets, anthropometry and intermediate outcomes. Current Developments in Nutrition 6(6): nzac079. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac079
2475-2991
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127735
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac079
 
Language en
 
Relation Current Developments in Nutrition
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format nzac079
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Current Developments in Nutrition