Making a balanced plate for pregnant women to improve birthweight of infants: A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Chowdhury, Morseda ^a,b   Raynes Greenow, Camille ^a   Alam, Ashraful ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

balanced plate; low birthweight; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; DIET; DIETETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DIET; DIETETICS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046988086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015393     Document Type: Article

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