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Table 4 Schedule of intervention activities and measurements during the study period

From: Effectiveness of a nutrition education package in improving feeding practices, dietary adequacy and growth of infants and young children in rural Tanzania: rationale, design and methods of a cluster randomised trial

Activities and measurements

Child’s age (in months) and time points of data collection

6a

7

8

9b

10

11

12c

13

14

15d

Activities in Intervention group

          

Train community-based nutrition counsellors

X

     

X

   

Education and counselling of mothers

X

  

X

  

X

   

Sensitisation meetings

X

     

X

   

Home visits by counsellors

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Supervision of community-based nutrition counsellors

X

X

  

X

  

X

  

Monitoring

X

X

  

X

  

X

  

Measurements

          

Covariates

XI+C

         

Child anthropometry

XI+C

  

XI

  

XI+C

  

XI+C

Child feeding practices (frequency, diversity)

XI+C

  

XI

  

XI+C

  

XI+C

Child food intake (24-hr recall)

XI+C

     

XI+C

   

Child morbidity & healthcare-seeking

XI+C

  

XI

  

XI+C

  

XI

Child haemoglobin concentration

XI+C

     

XI+C

   

Maternal recall and practice of feeding recommendations

   

XI

  

XI

  

XI

Process evaluation data

  

XI+C

      

XI+C

  1. aBaseline. bFollow-up 1. cFollow-up 2. dEnd of intervention. XI+C Measurements taken in Intervention and Control groups; XI Measurements taken in Intervention group alone.