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

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dc.creatorRaghunathan, Kalyani
dc.creatorKumar, Neha
dc.creatorGupta, Shivani
dc.creatorChauhan, Tarana
dc.creatorKathuria, Ashi
dc.creatorMenon, Purnima
dc.date2020-04-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:47Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:38:10Z
dc.descriptionDespite 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143518
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110139
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146875
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceRaghunathan, 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.
dc.subjectmaternal and child health
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectanthropometry
dc.subjectbody mass index
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectrandomized controlled trials
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectself-help groups
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectmaternal nutrition
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleLearning together: Experimental evidence on the impact of group-based nutrition interventions in rural Bihar
dc.typeWorking Paper

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