TABLE 4.
Impact of SELEVER on minimum acceptable diet and other infants and young children (IYC) feeding indicators in children 6–23 mo of age of the IYC repeated cross-sectional samples1
| Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 2 | Round 3 | SELEVER | SELEVER + WASH | SELEVER + WASH | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Treatment | Control | Treatment | Treatment vs. control | SELEVER | SELEVER + WASH | SELEVER | SELEVER + WASH | vs. control | vs. control | vs. SELEVER | |||||
| Characteristic | (n = 108) | (n = 197) | (n = 99) | (n = 186) | Δ | P value | (n = 89) | (n = 108) | (n = 99) | (n = 87) | Δ | P value | Δ | P value | Δ | P value |
| Minimum acceptable diet | 9.3 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 2.8 | 0.47 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 0.38 | 0.93 | 5.9 | 0.22 | 5.5 | 0.27 |
| IDDS,2 food groups | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 2.8 ± 1.2 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 2.9 ± 1.2 | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 3.1 ± 1.3 | 0.054 | 0.77 | 0.46 | 0.025* | 0.41 | 0.030* |
| Minimum dietary diversity | 15 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.86 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 30 | −4.1 | 0.48 | 6.5 | 0.31 | 11 | 0.11 |
| Minimum meal frequency | 49 | 57 | 47 | 55 | 11 | 0.21 | 53 | 59 | 59 | 51 | 19 | 0.046* | 1.1 | 0.91 | −18 | 0.028* |
| Consumption of iron-rich foods/supplements | 23 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 0.67 | 0.94 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 37 | −7.3 | 0.39 | 9.2 | 0.33 | 17 | 0.051 |
Descriptive values are unadjusted percentages or unadjusted means with standard deviation. Δ is the linear regression coefficient and represents the change in the outcome in a group compared with another group, as indicated in column headers. It is expressed in the same unit as the outcome or, when the unit is a percentage, it is expressed in percentage points. Asterisks indicate P values of comparison of Δ to 0 value: *P < 0.05, which is the level of significance set for the study; * *P < 0.017, which is the level of significance when adjusting for multiple testing across 3 study groups using the Bonferroni method. IDDS, Individual Dietary Diversity Score; SELEVER, Soutenir l'Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale; WASH, water, hygiene, and sanitation.
Number of food groups consumed the previous day of 7 food groups: starchy staples, legumes and nuts, dairy, flesh foods, eggs, vitamin A–rich fruit and vegetables, other fruit and vegetables.