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Potentials, Experiences and Outcomes of a Comprehensive Community Based Programme to Address Malnutrition in Tribal In...
ISSN: 1929 - 4247
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Potentials, Experiences and Outcomes of a Comprehensive Community Based Programme to Address Malnutrition in Tribal In...
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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Abstract
This paper demonstrates the effect of an innovative community-based management programme on acute malnutrition among children under three years of age, through an observational longitudinal cohort study in tribal blocks in central-eastern India. The key components of the programme include child care through crèches, community mobilisation and systems strengthening to ensure better child feeding and caring practices and delivery of public health and nutrition services. For a cohort of 587 children, the increase in children in the non-wasting category is from 72% to 80% (p
