Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania

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dc.creatorAnitha, Seetha
dc.creatorMuzanila, Yasinta
dc.creatorTsusaka, Takuji W.
dc.creatorKachulu, Lizzie
dc.creatorKumwenda, Nelson
dc.creatorMusoke, Mike
dc.creatorSwai, Elirehema
dc.creatorShija, Jackson
dc.creatorSiambi, Moses
dc.creatorBekunda, Mateete
dc.creatorOkori, Patrick
dc.creatorMonyo, Emmanuel S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-30T09:44:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-05T07:22:21Z
dc.date.available2023-03-30T09:44:55Z
dc.date.created2023-03-30T09:44:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of cen- tral Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study. The differ- ence-in-difference (DID) method was used to assess the effects of intensive intervention through a learning-by-doing process on the topic of aflatoxin free diversified food utilization and improved hygiene practices. Periodic anthropometric measure- ments were conducted on the 0th, 7th, 14th, and 21st days, and DID estimator showed the significant and positive average marginal effects of the intervention on Z-Scores being 0.459, 0.252, and 0.493 for wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. Notably, at the end of the study, the mean aflatoxin M 1 level in urine samples decreased by 64% in the intervention group, while it decreased by 11% in the control group. The study provides quantitative evidence on intensive 21-day training for mothers incorporating integrated technol- ogies yielded positive impacts on their children’s nutritional outcomes.
dc.identifierhttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5139
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/97272
dc.languageen
dc.publisherRoutledge Taylor and Francis Group
dc.relation2020, VOL. 59, NO. 3, 243–262;
dc.subjectUndernutrition
dc.subjectComplementary food
dc.subjectAflatoxin exposure
dc.subjectDifference
dc.titleReducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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