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Table 2 Main outcome indicators of the intervention

From: Improving child nutrition and development through community-based childcare centres in Malawi – The NEEP-IE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Type

Domain

Indicators

Primary

Diets

Individual intake and diet diversity score (children 36–72 m)

Primary

Childcare practices

WHO IYCF practices

Primary

CBCC participation

CBCC enrolment and attendance (children 36–72 m)

Primary

Agriculture

Production output, crop-mix

Secondary

Health and nutritional status

Anthropometry (weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for- age z-scores and MUAC) (children 6–72 m)

Secondary

Child development

Malawi Development Assessment Tool z-scores (fine motor, gross motor, language and social domains) (children 36–72 m)

Secondary

Gender

Women’s asset ownership, time use and productivity

Process

Meal service

Quality of CBCC meals, portion sizes, frequency

  1. CBCC community-based childcare centres, IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference, WHO World Health Organization