Using a Community-Based Early Childhood Development Center as a Platform to Promote Production and Consumption Diversity Increases Children's Dietary Intake and Reduces Stunting in Malawi: A Cluster-Randomized Trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1587-1597

  Gelli, Aulo ^a   Margolies, Amy ^b   Santacroce, Marco ^a   Roschnik, Natalie ^c   Twalibu, Aisha ^c   Katundu, Mangani ^d   Moestue, Helen ^c   Alderman, Harold ^a   Ruel, Marie ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^d University of Malawi   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; diets; early childhood; impact evaluation; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY BASED CHILDCARE CENTER; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY DIVERSITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTHY DIET; HEIGHT FOR AGE Z SCORE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALAWIAN; MALE; MEAL; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM IMPACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SIBLING; STUNTING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054348913     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy148     Document Type: Article

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