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The problem
Intervention: Nutrition education programs and health counseling to improve maternal knowledge
Who it was tested with: Mothers with toddlers in Indonesia.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Data analysis was performed using univariate analysis to describe frequency distributions, and bivariate analysis using the chi-square test with a 95% confidence level." The study measured associations between maternal knowledge and stunting incidence, supporting an evidence base for the proposed intervention of nutrition education, though the cross-sectional design cannot confirm that improving maternal knowledge causes stunting reduction.
Cross-sectional design cannot establish causality. Small sample size of 73. Does not measure other important stunting risk factors such as household income, sanitation, or infection rates.
Across countries and designs
10 studies · 3 countries
