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Finding
Finding
improvement
Children in the intervention group had significantly lower stunting prevalence (28.6%) compared with the control group (33.5%) from birth to the 13th month of follow-up in Nairobi urban slums.
| Effect size | 28.6% vs 33.5% stunting prevalence (intervention vs control) |
| Follow-up | 13 months |
| Comparator | Usual antenatal care from community health workers (standard CHW home visits, reading materials, no personalized nutrition counselling training) |
| Effect summary | improvement; 28.6% vs 33.5% stunting prevalence (intervention vs control) |
| Effect modifiers | [{"modifier": "Child sex (male)", "interaction_p": "", "direction": "amplifies", "stratum_details": "Males more stunted in control group; difference between intervention and control larger among boys", "plain_language": "Boys benefited more from the intervention than girls, likely because boys were introduced to complementary foods earlier and breastfed for shorter durations in the control group", "annotation_notes": "At 55 months, significantly more males were stunted in control (16.5%) vs intervention (8.3%). The sex-specific benefit was significant for boys but not girls. Biological and cultural explanations offered: girls grow faster in early childhood and require fewer nutrients; cultural beliefs led mothers to wean boys earlier."}] |
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Source
PMC7611536
Effect of maternal nutritional education and counselling on children’s stunting prevalence in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya