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primary topic: The role of nutrition-sensitive interventions in improving nutritional outcomes: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis

The role of nutrition-sensitive interventions in improving nutritional outcomes: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis
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abstract: Background Maternal and child undernutrition remains a major global health concern despite modest progress. Accelerating reductions in stunting and wasting will require increased investments in nutrition-sensitive interventions, which target nutrition impacts outside of the healthcare setting. This review examines the effects of four types of nutrition-sensitive interventions —cash/food transfers, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, water/sanitation/hygiene, and school nutrition— on maternal and child nutrition outcomes and dietary diversity. Methods We synthesized the evidence using an initial broad search and synthesis for nutrition-sensitive interventions, followed by targeted searches and syntheses for specific interventions and nutrition outcomes. Meta-analyses were performed to evaluate the impacts of cash transfers and agricultural interventions, while a narrative synthesis was produced for additional nutrition-sensitive interventions. Additionally, qualitative synthesis was incorporated to provide insights into the relationship between implementation context and program effectiveness. Results Our initial evidence synthesis included 260 quantitative studies, and additional targeted searches produced 72 eligible articles. Meta-analyses reveal positive impacts on dietary diversity for cash transfers without nutrition-specific components (0.14 SMD; 95% CI: 0.06–0.22), and some nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions (0.24 SMD; 95% CI: 0.11–0.37). Cash transfers have larger effects on dietary diversity when they include behavior change communication or other nutrition-specific elements (0.41 SMD; 95% CI; 0.15–0.66), whereas agriculture programs with nutrition-specific elements do not show larger effects on dietary diversity than those without. Narrative syntheses indicate that homestead food production interventions may reduce anemia, school feeding interventions may improve anthropometric outcomes, and WASH interventions are most effective when combined with…
date: 2025-11
volume: 24
issue: 1
is part of: International Journal for Equity in Health
status: peerReviewed
status: published
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International Journal for Equity in Health
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Rebecca Walcott
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given name: Rebecca
family name: Walcott

Averi Chakrabarti
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given name: Averi
family name: Chakrabarti

Vania Lara-Mejía
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given name: Vania
family name: Lara-Mejía

Sonia Hernández-Cordero
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given name: Sonia
family name: Hernández-Cordero

Thomas de Hoop
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given name: Thomas
family name: de Hoop

Bianca Franco-Lares
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given name: Bianca
family name: Franco-Lares

Torben Behmer
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given name: Torben
family name: Behmer

Varsha Ranjit
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given name: Varsha
family name: Ranjit

Adria Molotsky
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Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen
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Garima Siwach
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Amos Laar
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Mireya Vilar
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given name: Mireya
family name: Vilar

Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
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given name: Pablo
family name: Gaitán-Rossi

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