A Feasibility Study of Integrating Maternal Nutrition Interventions Into Antenatal Care Services in Ethiopia
A Feasibility Study of Integrating Maternal Nutrition Interventions Into Antenatal Care Services in Ethiopia
NCT ID: NCT04125368 Phase: NA Status: COMPLETED Enrollment: 4256 Completion: 2021-09-04
Conditions
Maternal Dietary Diversity, Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding
Interventions
Health Facility Interventions, Community Interventions, Health System Interventions
Summary
Alive \& Thrive (A\&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. In Ethiopia, A\&T integrated a package of maternal nutrition interventions into existing antenatal care (ANC) services delivered through government health facilities (counselling on diet quality during pregnancy, distribution and promotion of iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation, weight gain monitoring, counselling on early breastfeeding practices, and systems strengthening through training and supportive supervision) and community platforms (home visits, Pregnant Women Conferences/Mother Support groups, and community gatherings). The evaluation used a two-arm cluster-randomized, non-masked trial design, consisting of two cross-sectional surveys in 2019 and 2021.
Primary Outcome
Dietary diversity during pregnancy