“… Ref. a | Country | Study design | Group targeted b | Intervention description | Intermediate outcomes reported c | Nutritional outcomes reported |
( Nair et al, 2017 ) | IN | RCT | BCC group | BCC through a facilitated PLA cycle, home visits during pregnancy and early childhood | None | BMI, MUAC, nutrition wellbeing, diet diversity (woman); birthweight, HAZ, WHZ, WAZ, MUAC, stunting, wasting, underweight, exclusive BF, CF introduction, protein intake, diet diversity, minimum meal frequency (child) |
( Harris-Fry et al, 2016 ) | BG | Quasi-experimental | BCC group | BCC through a facilitated PLA cycle | None | Diet diversity (woman) |
( Tripathy et al, 2016 ) | IN | RCT | BCC group | BCC through a facilitated PLA cycle | None | Early BF initiation, exclusive BF |
( Acharya et al, 2015 ) | IN | RCT | BCC group | BCC delivered by health worker on maternal and newborn health | None | Feeding colostrum, early BF initiation, exclusive BF |
( Malapit et al, 2015 ) | IN | Cross-sectional | Multiple/unspecified group | NA; only measured impact of group membership | Empowerment, production diversity | BMI, HAZ, WAZ, WHZ, diet diversity (woman) |
( Younes et al, 2015 ) | BG | Quasi-experimental | BCC group | BCC through a facilitated PLA cycle | None | Exclusive BF, diet diversity (child) |
( Habib and Jubb, 2015 ) | BG | Cross-sectional | Microfinance group | NA; only measured impact of group membership | Income | Meals consumed per day (woman) |
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