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Title	Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi: A cluster randomized trial
Author	Gelli, Aulo Gladstone, Melissa Twalibu, Aisha Nnensa, Theresa Kariger, Patricia Alderman, Harold
ORCID	http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-2549 Gelli, Aulo; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-6397 Alderman, H.
Year	2019
Abstract	The Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Program Impact Evaluation (NEEP-IE) cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) aimed to assess the effectiveness of implementing an agriculture and nutritional intervention through preschools, known as community-based child care centres (CBCCs) in Malawi (6). This included; activities to promote nutritious food production and consumption, promotion of optimal feeding and caring practices and engagement with parents in pre-school meal planning and preparation. The NEEP-IE trial has demonstrated that CBCCs can be an effective platform to scale-up an integrated agriculture and nutrition intervention, and improve food production diversity, maternal knowledge, nutrition practices at household level and diets of pre-schoolers and their younger siblings, as well as improve linear growth in younger siblings aged 6-24m (7). This study presents the impact results of the NEEP-IE trial focusing on child development outcomes of pre-school children during a 12m intervention period.
Series Name	IFPRI Discussion Paper
Series Number	1804
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Place of publication	Washington, DC
Full citation	Gelli, Aulo; Gladstone, Melissa; Twalibu, Aisha; Nnensa, Theresa; Kariger, Patricia; and Alderman, Harold. 2019. Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi: A cluster randomized trial. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1804. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15738coll2/id/133078
Language	English
Record Type	Discussion paper
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	Non-PR
Subject - country location	MALAWI SOUTHERN AFRICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA
Subject - keywords	child development impact assessment preschool education preschool children behaviour changes child care diet nutrition
Subject - author supplied keywords	behavior change communication
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI1 CRP4 DCA 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all Capacity Strengthening
IFPRI Division	PHND A4NH
Physical description	27 pages
Times cited-- Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C9&q=%22Adding+a+nutrition+behavior+change+communication+component+to+an+early+childhood+development+intervention+in+Malawi%3A++A+cluster+randomized+trial%22&btnG=
IFPRI Publication Ranking	Not ranked
CGIAR Research Program	CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Requests	mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org
Funding	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000278 Department for International Development, DfID
CONTENTdm file name	133288.pdf
Date cataloged	2019-02-07
Date modified	2019-02-08
CONTENTdm number	133078

Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi: A cluster randomized trial

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