Changing nutrition behavior in Bangladesh: Successful adaptation of new theories and anthropological methods

Changing nutrition behavior in Bangladesh: Successful adaptation of new theories and anthropological methods. Parvanta, C., Thomas, K., & Zaman, K. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 46(3-4):221–244, 2007.

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Behavior change theories and a positive deviance approach were used to improve child nutrition through home gardening groups in Bangladesh. Groups were assigned randomly to: (T1) individual, stage-based, role-model stories delivered by a literate agent; (T2) role-model stories told by illiterate garden group leaders at meetings; or (T3) no intervention. Four months later, 31% of the T1 mothers demonstrated feeding correct portions of vegetables to young children. Only 15% of T2 and 17% of T3 mothers could do this. Group Leaders did create awareness and spread information; a personal contact was helpful for changing attitudes and portion size.

@article{parvanta_changing_2007,
	title = {Changing nutrition behavior in {Bangladesh}: {Successful} adaptation of new theories and anthropological methods},
	volume = {46},
	issn = {0367-0244},
	shorttitle = {Changing nutrition behavior in {Bangladesh}},
	url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03670240701407616},
	doi = {10.1080/03670240701407616},
	abstract = {Behavior change theories and a positive deviance approach were used to improve child nutrition through home gardening groups in Bangladesh. Groups were assigned randomly to: (T1) individual, stage-based, role-model stories delivered by a literate agent; (T2) role-model stories told by illiterate garden group leaders at meetings; or (T3) no intervention. Four months later, 31\% of the T1 mothers demonstrated feeding correct portions of vegetables to young children. Only 15\% of T2 and 17\% of T3 mothers could do this. Group Leaders did create awareness and spread information; a personal contact was helpful for changing attitudes and portion size.},
	language = {English},
	number = {3-4},
	journal = {Ecology of Food and Nutrition},
	author = {Parvanta, C.F. and Thomas, K.K. and Zaman, K.S.},
	year = {2007},
	keywords = {Development, Health Care, Nutrition},
	pages = {221--244},
}

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