Learning together: Experimental evidence on the impact of group-based nutrition interventions in rural Bihar

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorWorld Bank
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of Japan
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierKalyani Raghunathan: 0000-0002-4705-4351
cg.creator.identifierNeha Kumar: 0000-0001-7982-3277
cg.creator.identifierShivani Gupta: 0000-0002-6358-9057
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133769
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEIA)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1936
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorRaghunathan, Kalyani
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Neha
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Shivani
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, Tarana
dc.contributor.authorKathuria, Ashi
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnima
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:14:47Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:14:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143518
dc.titleLearning together: Experimental evidence on the impact of group-based nutrition interventions in rural Biharen
dcterms.abstractDespite improvements over the last decade or more, India still accounts for a large proportion of the global prevalence of maternal and child undernutrition. We use a cluster-randomized controlled design and two waves of panel data on more than 2000 households from Bihar to analyse the impact on diet quality and anthropometry of a health and nutrition intervention delivered through an at-scale women’s self-help group (SHGs) platform. We find that the intervention had small but significant impacts on women and children’s dietary diversity, with the main impacts coming from an increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables and dairy, however, it had no impact on women’s body mass index. We identify several potential pathways to impact. To the extent that SHGs can effect broad-based social change, their current reach to millions of women makes them a powerful platform for accelerating improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRaghunathan, Kalyani; Kumar, Neha; Gupta, Shivani; Chauhan, Tarana; Kathuria, Ashi Kohli; and Menon, Purnima. 2020. Learning together: Experimental evidence on the impact of group-based nutrition interventions in rural Bihar. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1936. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133769.en
dcterms.extent52 p.
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2020-04-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146875en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133769
dcterms.subjectmaternal and child healthen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten
dcterms.subjectanthropometryen
dcterms.subjectbody mass indexen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectrandomized controlled trialsen
dcterms.subjectempowermenten
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectself-help groupsen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectmaternal nutritionen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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