Insufficient dietary intake, stunting, thinness, underweight, overweight, obesity, anemia Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
Participants in this study included vulnerable, never married adolescent girls aged 10–19. The girls were selected among all girls participating in a girls’ empowerment program conducted over two-year
older adolescents 15–19, received additional information on nutrition during pregnancy and proper infant and child feeding behaviors.
All girls in the empowerment program girls’ gr
Sponsors
Population Council
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Residing in areas covered by the intervention program 2, Aged 10-19 at baseline 3. Assigned to a program girls group (mentor) 4. Sampled for the AGEP program evaluation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Currently or formerly married at baseline
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Survey data was collected annually, with Round 1 starting in 2013: 1. Nutritional knowledge: health/unhealthy foods; causes and signs and symptoms of anemia; proper infant and child feeding practices measured through survey interviews annually (Round 3-Round 5) 2. Nutritional behavior: dietary diversity, eating of nutrient rich foods, infant and child feeding practices measured through survey interviews annually (Round 1-Round 5) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Nutritional outcomes (stunting, thinness, underweight, overweight, obesity) using anthropometric measurements (Round 1-Round 5) 2. Anemia measured using point-of-care anemia testing (Round 3-Round 5) | — |
Countries
Zambia
Contacts
Public ContactKaren Austrian
Outcome results
None listed