BACKGROUND
This prospective cohort study is evaluating the effectiveness of World Vision Bangladesh’s (WVB) growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) program in improving growth and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among children under 2 years of age. This study uses a mixed-methods approach that follows an intervention group-children who are exposed to WVB-supported GMP services-and a comparison group-children who are exposed to usual GMP services but not supported by WVB.
OBJECTIVES
Examine the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) in improving growth and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among children under 2 years of age in rural Bangladesh.
STUDY AREA
Mymensingh district
PARTNERS
- Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN)
- World Vision Bangladesh
STATUS
Completed
DATE OF RESULTS DISSEMINATION
20 March 2023
FOCAL PERSON
Dr Muttaquina Hossain muttaquina@icddrb.org
RESOURCES
Assessing effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion study protocol
Protocol for a quasiexperimental study testing the effectiveness of strengthening growth monitoring and promotion in community clinics for improving the nutritional status of under-two children in rural Bangladesh