Scale/Scope:
1 community in Delhi
Evaluation Design:
RCT – 418 infants four months of age (96 in food supplement group; 95 in nutritional counseling group; and 96 in visitation group; 100 in control group); data collected when infants were 6, 9 and 12 months of age
Outcomes
Outcomes Measured:
% breastfeeding… at 6 months
Results:
Supplement + counseling vs. counseling alone vs. visitation vs. control: 93.8% vs. 97.9% vs. 99.0% vs. 93.0%,
P-values/CIs:
(Comparisons with final group (visitation)): NS, NS, NS
Height
Taller
High Impact Practices:
Continued breastfeeding
Outcomes Measured:
% breastfeeding… at 9 months
Results:
Supplement + counseling vs. counseling alone vs. visitation vs. control: 92.0% vs. 95.5% vs. 97.9% vs. 91.4%
P-values/CIs:
(Comparisons with final group (visitation)): NS, NS, NS
Height
Taller
High Impact Practices:
Continued breastfeeding
Outcomes Measured:
% breastfeeding…at 12 months
Results:
Supplement + counseling vs. counseling alone vs. visitation vs. control: 83.9% vs. 96.9% vs. 96.7% vs. 89.2%
P-values/CIs:
(Comparisons with final group (visitation)): p<0.05, NS, NS
Height
Taller
High Impact Practices:
Continued breastfeeding