Effectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling in improving child growth and morbidity up to 18 months: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierLieven Huybregts: 0000-0002-3068-2853
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177839en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1932-6203en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalPLOS ONEen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorNikiema, Laetitiaen
dc.contributor.authorHuybregts, Lievenen
dc.contributor.authorMartin-Prével, Yvesen
dc.contributor.authorDonnen, Phillippeen
dc.contributor.authorLanou, Hermannen
dc.contributor.authorGrosemans, Joepen
dc.contributor.authorOffoh, Priscillaen
dc.contributor.authorDramaix-Wilmet, Michèleen
dc.contributor.authorSondo, Blaiseen
dc.contributor.authorRoberfroid, Dominiqueen
dc.contributor.authorKolsteren, Patricken
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:22:59Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:22:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147527
dc.titleEffectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling in improving child growth and morbidity up to 18 months: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Fasoen
dcterms.abstractThe period from conception to 24 months of age is a crucial window for nutrition interventions. Personalized maternal counseling may improve childbirth outcomes, growth, and health. We assessed the effectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling (from pregnancy to 18 months after birth) in improving child growth and health in rural Burkina Faso. We conducted a paired cluster randomized controlled trial in a rural district of Burkina Faso with 12 primary health centers (clusters). Healthcare providers in the intervention centers received patient-centered communication and nutrition counseling training. Pregnant women in the third trimester living in the center catchment areas and intending to stay for the next 2 years were prospectively included. We followed 2253 mother-child pairs quarterly until the child was aged 18 months. Women were interviewed about counseling experiences, dietary practices during pregnancy, and their child’s feeding practices and morbidity history. Anthropometric measurements were taken at each visit using standardized methods. The primary outcomes were the cumulative incidence of wasting, and changes in child weight-for-height z-score (WHZ). Secondary outcomes were the women’s prenatal dietary practices, early breastfeeding practices, exclusive breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary food, child’s feeding frequency and dietary diversity, children’s mean birth weight, endpoint prevalence of stunting, and cumulative incidence of diarrhea, fever, and acute respiratory infection. All analyses were by intention-to-treat using mixed effects models. The intervention and control arms each included six health centers. Mothers in the intervention arm had a significantly higher exposure to counseling with 11.2% for breastfeeding techniques to 75.7% for counseling on exclusive breastfeeding. Mothers of infants below 6 months of age in the intervention arm were more likely to exclusively breastfeed (54.3% vs 42.3%; Difference of Proportion (DP) 12.8%; 95% CI: 2.1, 23.6; p = 0.020) as compared to the control arm. Between 6 and 18 months of age, more children in the intervention arm benefited from the required feeding frequency (68.8% vs 53.4%; DP 14.1%; 95% CI: 9.0, 19.2; p<0.001) and a larger proportion had a minimum dietary diversity (28.6% vs 22.0%; DP 5.9%; 95% CI: 2.7, 9.2; p<0.001). Birth weight of newborns in the intervention arm was on average 84.8 g (p = 0.037) larger compared to the control arm. However, we found no significant differences in child anthropometry or morbidity between study arms. Facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling was associated with an improved prenatal dietary practices, Infant and Young Child Feeding practices, and child birth weight. Complementary strategies are warranted to obtain meaningful impact on child growth and morbidity. This includes strategies to ensure good coverage of facility-based services and effective nutrition/care practices in early childhood.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNikiema, Laetitia; Huybregts, Lieven; Martin-Prével, Yves; Donnen, Phillippe; Lanou, Hermann; Grosemans, Joep; Offoh, Priscilla; Dramaix-Wilmet, Michèle; Sondo, Blaise; Roberfroid, Dominique; and Kolsteren, Patrick. 2017. Effectiveness of facility-based personalized maternal nutrition counseling in improving child growth and morbidity up to 18 months: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0177839. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177839en
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC0-1.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/5837en
dcterms.subjectmaternal and child healthen
dcterms.subjectbirth weighten
dcterms.subjectpregnancyen
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic environmenten
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchild feedingen
dcterms.subjectbreastfeedingen
dcterms.subjecthealth careen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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