Effects of participatory learning and action with women's groups, counselling through home visits and crèches on undernutrition among children under three years in eastern India: a quasi-experimental study

• Main Authors: Raj Kumar Gope (Author), Prasanta Tripathy (Author), Vandana Prasad (Author), Hemanta Pradhan (Author), Rajesh Kumar Sinha (Author), Ranjan Panda (Author), Jayeeta Chowdhury (Author), Ganapathy Murugan (Author), Shampa Roy (Author), Megha De (Author), Sanjib Kumar Ghosh (Author), Swati Sarbani Roy (Author), Audrey Prost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background India faces a high burden of child undernutrition. We evaluated the effects of two community strategies to reduce undernutrition among children under 3 years in rural Jharkhand and Odisha, eastern India: (1) monthly Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) meetings with women'...