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A Social Norms-Based Intervention Improves Dietary Diversity among Women in Rural India: The Reduction in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) Project
- Source :
- Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 2822, p 2822 (2021), Nutrients, Volume 13, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Diet diversity has an important role in the prevention and treatment of anemia. Based on formative research in the community and the theory of normative social behavior, we designed an intervention to improve diet diversity among women of reproductive age. Our study, the Reduction in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) Project, investigated the effect of a social norms-based intervention on diet diversity among women of reproductive age. We randomized villages in Odisha, India, into treatment or control arms, with a minimum of one village buffer between them. We assessed exposure to the intervention by frequency of self-reported images seen from the participatory learning modules, videos watched, and number of hemoglobin tests administered. We assessed diet diversity with the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) questionnaire. We used multiple logistic regression to examine the associations between intervention and diet diversity, adjusting for covariates. Compared with baseline, diet diversity score increased in both treatment and control groups. The odds of having a diverse diet was 47% higher in the treatment group. Higher level of exposure to the RANI intervention was associated with a better diet diversity score, indicating that the intervention was effective in improving diet quality.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Rural Population
Anemia
India
Nutritional Status
women of reproductive age
Logistic regression
Article
Odds
Treatment and control groups
Hemoglobins
Young Adult
Intervention (counseling)
Surveys and Questionnaires
diet diversity
medicine
Humans
TX341-641
Micronutrients
social norms
Health Education
intervention
Nutrition and Dietetics
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
business.industry
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Feeding Behavior
respiratory system
medicine.disease
anemia
Diet
Logistic Models
Agriculture
Social Marketing
Normative
Women's Health
Female
business
human activities
Food Science
Demography
Diversity (business)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2822
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f937035bc040f1d600414f04048fa6a9