PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of nutrition counselling for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries to improve maternal, infant and child behavioural, nutritional and health outcomes: A systematic review

Omar Dewidar; Ammar Saad; Aqeel Baqar; Jessica C John; Alison Riddle; Erika Ota; Jacqueline K Kung'u; Mandana Arabi; Manoj K Raut; Seth S Klobodu; Sarah Rowe; Jennifer Busch-Hallen; Chowdhury S B Jalal; Sara Wuehler; Vivian Welch

doi:10.1002/cl2.1202

PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of nutrition counselling for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries to improve maternal, infant and child behavioural, nutritional and health outcomes: A systematic review

Campbell Syst Rev. 2021 Nov 9;17(4):e1202. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1202. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Omar Dewidar¹, Ammar Saad², Aqeel Baqar³, Jessica C John⁴, Alison Riddle⁵, Erika Ota⁶, Jacqueline K Kung'u⁷, Mandana Arabi⁸, Manoj K Raut⁹, Seth S Klobodu¹⁰, Sarah Rowe¹¹, Jennifer Busch-Hallen¹¹, Chowdhury S B Jalal¹², Sara Wuehler¹¹, Vivian Welch¹³

Affiliations

¹ School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
² University of Ottawa/Bruyère Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
³ Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Stittsville Ontario Canada.
⁴ Eat, Drink and Be Healthy Tunapuna Trinidad and Tobago.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Marmora Ontario Canada.
⁶ Global Health Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing Science St. Luke's International University Chuo-ku Japan.
⁷ Nutrition International-Africa Regional Office Nairobi Nairobi Kenya.
⁸ Nutrition International New York New York USA.
⁹ Nutrition International New Delhi India.
¹⁰ Department of Nutrition and Food Science California State University, Chico Chico California USA.
¹¹ Nutrition International Ottawa Ontario Canada.
¹² Global Technical Services Nutrition International Ottawa Ontario Canada.
¹³ Methods Centre Bruyère Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.

Abstract

The objective of this systematic review is to identify, appraise and synthesise the best available evidence on the effectiveness of nutritional counselling and education interventions on maternal, infant and child health outcomes, and assess the differences in effects across participants' PROGRESS+ characteristics. To achieve these objectives, we will aim to answer the following research questions: What is the effectiveness of nutrition counselling interventions for pregnant women in low- or middle-income countries on maternal, infant and child health outcomes? What are the impacts of nutrition counselling interventions on maternal, infant and child health outcomes across participants' PROGRESS+ characteristics?