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Impact of Suaahara, an at‐scale multisectoral nutrition programme, on health workers' maternal and child health, and nutrition knowledge and skills in Nepal

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Názov: Impact of Suaahara, an at‐scale multisectoral nutrition programme, on health workers' maternal and child health, and nutrition knowledge and skills in Nepal
Autori: Deependra K. Thapa, Edward A. Frongillo, Shalini Suresh, Ramesh P. Adhikari, Bhim Pun, Karuna L. Shakya, Raj Mandal, Subir K. Kole, Kenda Cunningham
Zdroj: Maternal and Child Nutrition, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2026)
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Wiley, 2026.
Rok vydania: 2026
Zbierka: LCC:Pediatrics
LCC:Gynecology and obstetrics
LCC:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
Predmety: growth monitoring and promotion, health worker, impact evaluation, knowledge, Nepal, nutrition, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627
Popis: Abstract Suaahara, an at‐scale multisectoral nutrition programme in Nepal, aimed to advance knowledge and skills of frontline health workers to improve the quality of nutrition and health services at health facility and community levels. This study assessed the impact of Suaahara interventions on knowledge and skills of health facility workers and Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs). The study used a quasi‐experimental design in which four Suaahara intervention districts were compared with pair‐matched comparison districts. One health facility worker and three FCHVs from each survey cluster were included. Baseline survey consisted of 93 health facility workers (2015) and 118 FCHVs (2012), and endline survey (2022) consisted of 40 health facility workers and 120 FCHVs. Difference‐in‐differences regression models employing intent‐to‐treat analysis, accounting for clustering at the district level, assessed the impact of intervention. The intervention, relative to comparison, had no effect on health facility workers’ knowledge. There was a positive effect, however, on FCHVs’ knowledge in intervention relative to comparison areas on exclusive breastfeeding, timing of introduction of complementary feeding, sick child feeding and growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) for children under 2 years. Health facility workers and FCHVs in intervention versus comparison districts had higher endline scores for skills related to measuring the weight of children and pregnant women, measuring the height/length of children, conducting GMP for children under 2 years and identifying malnourished children. Suaahara interventions improved the capacity of health workers, particularly nutrition‐related knowledge among FCHVs and GMP‐related skills of both health facility workers and FCHVs.
Druh dokumentu: article
Popis súboru: electronic resource
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1740-8709
1740-8695
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1740-8695; https://doaj.org/toc/1740-8709
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13669
Prístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/fecbbc4aec734b7c9ee043280c6fa46d
Prístupové číslo: edsdoj.fecbbc4aec734b7c9ee043280c6fa46d
Databáza: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstrakt:Abstract Suaahara, an at‐scale multisectoral nutrition programme in Nepal, aimed to advance knowledge and skills of frontline health workers to improve the quality of nutrition and health services at health facility and community levels. This study assessed the impact of Suaahara interventions on knowledge and skills of health facility workers and Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs). The study used a quasi‐experimental design in which four Suaahara intervention districts were compared with pair‐matched comparison districts. One health facility worker and three FCHVs from each survey cluster were included. Baseline survey consisted of 93 health facility workers (2015) and 118 FCHVs (2012), and endline survey (2022) consisted of 40 health facility workers and 120 FCHVs. Difference‐in‐differences regression models employing intent‐to‐treat analysis, accounting for clustering at the district level, assessed the impact of intervention. The intervention, relative to comparison, had no effect on health facility workers’ knowledge. There was a positive effect, however, on FCHVs’ knowledge in intervention relative to comparison areas on exclusive breastfeeding, timing of introduction of complementary feeding, sick child feeding and growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) for children under 2 years. Health facility workers and FCHVs in intervention versus comparison districts had higher endline scores for skills related to measuring the weight of children and pregnant women, measuring the height/length of children, conducting GMP for children under 2 years and identifying malnourished children. Suaahara interventions improved the capacity of health workers, particularly nutrition‐related knowledge among FCHVs and GMP‐related skills of both health facility workers and FCHVs.
ISSN:17408709
17408695
DOI:10.1111/mcn.13669