Effects of participatory learning and action with women’s groups, counselling through home visits and crèches on undernutrition among children under three years in eastern India: a quasi-experimental study

Effects of participatory learning and action with women’s groups, counselling through home visits and crèches on undernutrition among children under three years in eastern India: a quasi-experimental study

Abstract Background India faces a high burden of child undernutrition. We evaluated the effects of two community strategies to reduce undernutrition among children under 3 years in rural Jharkhand and Odisha, eastern India: (1) monthly Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) meetings with women’s gr...

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Main Authors: Raj Kumar Gope, Prasanta Tripathy, Vandana Prasad, Hemanta Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Ranjan Panda, Jayeeta Chowdhury, Ganapathy Murugan, Shampa Roy, Megha De, Sanjib Kumar Ghosh, Swati Sarbani Roy, Audrey Prost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Community
Community mobilisation
Child undernutrition
India
South Asia
Groups
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7274-3

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