Dataset Information

Effect of maternal nutritional education and counselling on children's stunting prevalence in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the prevalence of stunting differed between an intervention group and a control group and to identify factors associated with the children's linear growth.

Design

This was a follow-up study of mother-child pairs who participated in a 2012-2015 cluster randomised controlled trial. Linear mixed effects models were performed to model the children's linear growth and identify the determinants of child linear growth.

Setting

The study was conducted in two slums in Nairobi. The intervention group received monthly nutrition education and counselling (NEC) during pregnancy and infancy period.