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

Laetitia Nikièma; Lieven Huybregts; Yves Martin-Prevel; Philippe Donnen; Hermann Lanou; Joep Grosemans; Priscilla Offoh; Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet; Blaise Sondo; Dominique Roberfroid; Patrick Kolsteren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177839

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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

Laetitia Nikièma ,

* E-mail: louedraogo@irss.bf, laetitia_o@yahoo.fr

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-6178

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Lieven Huybregts,

Affiliation Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, United States of America
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Yves Martin-Prevel,

Affiliation Research Unit 204 ‘Nutripass’, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Philippe Donnen,

Affiliation Ecole de Santé Publique, Centre de Recherche ‘Politiques et Systèmes de Santé—Santé Internationale’, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Campus Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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Hermann Lanou,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Joep Grosemans,

Affiliation PXL University College, Healthcare Department, Guffenslaan, Hasselt, Belgium
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Priscilla Offoh,

Affiliation Push Against Malaria Health Initiative (PAMHI), Department of Software Management and Programming in PAMHI, Okota Lagos, Nigeria
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Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet,

Affiliation Ecole de Santé Publique, Centre de Recherche ‘Politiques et Systèmes de Santé—Santé Internationale’, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Campus Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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Blaise Sondo,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Dominique Roberfroid,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Child Health and Nutrition Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Patrick Kolsteren

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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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

Laetitia Nikièma,
Lieven Huybregts,
Yves Martin-Prevel,
Philippe Donnen,
Hermann Lanou,
Joep Grosemans,
Priscilla Offoh,
Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet,
Blaise Sondo,
Dominique Roberfroid

Published: May 25, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177839

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