Improving child nutrition and development through community-based childcare centres in Malawi - The NEEP-IE study: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gelli, Aulo ^a   Margolies, Amy ^b   Santacroce, Marco ^a   Sproule, Katie ^a   Theis, Sophie ^a   Roschnik, Natalie ^c   Twalibu, Aisha ^c   Chidalengwa, George ^c   Cooper, Amrik ^d   Moorhead, Tyler ^d   Gladstone, Melissa ^e   Kariger, Patricia ^f   Kutundu, Mangani ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d Ikapadata   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Child development; Impact evaluation; Nutrition; Preschool feeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MARKET; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RURAL POPULATION; SCALE UP; SEASON; STUDY DESIGN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; EDUCATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY DIET; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85027555175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-2003-7     Document Type: Article

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