Effectiveness of a Complementary Feeding Promotion Program for Care givers of Infants Using Trained Agriculture Extension Workers in a Rural Area of Ethiopia: A Randomized Control Trial
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Complementary feeding practices are often inadequate in developing countries
resulting in a significant decline in the nutritional status in children between 6 and 24 months of
age. In 2011, only 4% of mothers in Ethiopia who were breast feeding gave their children 6 to 23
months of age from four or more food groups daily (CSA 2011). Despite Agriculture Extension
Workers (AEWs) involvement in livestock and crops production, they were not involved in
improving complementary feeding for infants and young children. This study assessed the
effectiveness of using AEWs in addition to existing Health Extension Workers (HEWs), to
promote complementary feeding practices and improve infants' nutritional status in Wonchi
Woreda, Oromia region of southwestern Ethiopia.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (School of Public Health)