Fig 1.
CONSORT flow diagram for (A) Baseline survey 2011 and (B) Endline survey 2014.
Fig 2.
Indirect effects of nutrition education on HAZ.
Pathway A: NE (the independent variable) impact on CDD (the mediator) controlled for age and sex of the child, wealth status of the household and educational status of the mother. Pathway B: HAZ (the dependent variable) influenced by CDD (the mediator) controlled for age and sex of the child, wealth status of the household, educational status and height of the mother. Pathway C: the model does not consider a direct effect of NE on HAZ.
Table 1.
Content of nutrition education (FAO 2014).
Fig 3.
After a cross-sectional baseline survey in August/September 2011, the project area was divided in control and intervention area based on mean HAZ. From September 2011 –December 2014 the control area received agricultural activities only, while the intervention area received agricultural activities as well as two rounds of NE in the same time period. A cross-sectional endline survey was conducted in August/September 2014.
Table 2.
Household characteristics at baseline and endline.
Table 3.
Characteristics of primary caregivers and children at baseline and endline.
Table 4.
Prevalence of food consumption and IYCF indicators at baseline and endline.