Effects of an intervention on infant growth and development
Evidence for different mechanisms at work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15535937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth L Prado (0000-0002-5388-081X, University of California, Davis, corresponding author), Souheila Abbeddou (0000-0002-1363-0170, University of California, Davis), Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez (0000-0003-0315-7022, University of New Mexico), Jerome Winbetourefa Some (0000-0001-5955-9747, University of California, Davis), Kathryn G Dewey (0000-0002-4185-3451, University of California, Davis), Kendall H Brown (0000-0001-6498-3120, University of California, Davis), Sonja Y Hess (0000-0002-4661-277X, University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/mcn.12314 |
| PMID | 27146248 |
| OpenAlex | W2345334488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Millions of children in low-income and middle-income countries falter in linear growth and neurobehavioral development early in life. This faltering may be caused by risk factors that are associated with both growth and development, such as insufficient dietary intake and infection in infancy. Alternatively, these risk factors may be indicative of an environment that constrains both linear growth and development through different mechanisms. In a cluster-randomized trial in Burkina Faso, we previously found that provision of lipid-based nutrient supplements plus malaria and diarrhoea treatment from age 9 to 18 months resulted in positive effects of ~0.3 standard deviation on length-for-age z-score (LAZ) and of ~0.3 standard deviation on motor, language and personal-social development scores at age 18 months. In this paper, we examined whether the effect of the intervention on developmental scores was mediated by the effect on LAZ, or, alternatively, whether the intervention had independent effects on growth and development. For motor, language, and personal-social z-scores, the effect of the intervention decreased from 0.32 to 0.21, from 0.33 to 0.27 and from 0.35 to 0.29, respectively, when controlling for change in LAZ from 9 to 18 months. All effects remained significant. These results indicate that the intervention had independent positive effects on linear growth and development, suggesting that these effects occurred through different mechanisms. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Child development · Intervention (counseling · Linear growth · Motor skill · Psychological intervention · Randomized controlled trial · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2017 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |