Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi
Tailoring NEC in food-insecure communities did not result in a significant difference in birth weight among infants of the participating mothers, but mean birth length and abdominal circumference were greater in the intervention group compared to controls. We noted that the NEC intervention favored birth weight among mothers with a lower height than the mean sample height. Our results warrant further investigation into offering tailored NEC early in pregnancy and on a larger scale.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03136393.
Authors
- Shyreen Chithambo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-6223)
- Kenneth Maleta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2536-3938)
- Misheck Mphande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-883X)
- Alister Munthali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-3446)
- Marion Tharrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-8421)
- Ibrahimu Mdala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-1934)
- Penjani Rhoda Kamudoni
- Zumin Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-3299)
- Per Ole Iversen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-0242)
- Elaine Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4673-5128)
- Gerd Holmboe‐Ottesen
- Lillian Kaunda
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Luxembourg Institute of Health (LU)
- Ministry of Health (MW)
- Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LU)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- Qatar University (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104506
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- Universitetet i Oslo
- Norges Forskningsråd