Malnutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Malnutrition
Conditions
Interventions
This is a cluster randomised field trial, with villages clusters randomly assigned to one of two interventions or a regular-program control. Mothers are not blinded
data collectors are blinded.
The Mothers in the Responsive Feeding intervention consisted of five weekly group sessions and a booster session given by trained village peer educators t
follow-up data collections occur five months later.
Sponsors
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research (Bangladesh)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Living in four unions in Khansama, in the north of Bangladesh 2. Mothers and their children 8 to 20 months of age 3. Must have started complementary food
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children too ill or disabled to feed themselves.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mother: responsive feeding and responsive talking 2. Child: 2.1. Length and weight 2.2. Self-feeding 2.3. Mouthfuls eaten 2.4. Language development Outcomes are measured at baseline, two weeks after the end of the intervention and five months after the end of the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Foods fed and messages recalled 2. Other maternal feeding behaviours such as forceful feeding and non-responsive encouragement Outcomes are measured at baseline, two weeks after the end of the intervention and five months after the end of the intervention. | — |
Countries
Bangladesh
Outcome results
None listed