PROTOCOL: The effects of empowerment-based nutrition interventions on the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries

Alison Riddle; Abby Ramage; Cynthia M Kroeger; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Elizabeth Kristjansson; Monica Taljaard; Carol Vlassoff; Sara Wuehler; Becky Skidmore; Alexandria L Bennett; Anita Rizvi; Vivian Welch; George A Wells

doi:10.1002/cl2.1183

PROTOCOL: The effects of empowerment-based nutrition interventions on the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries

Campbell Syst Rev. 2021 Jul 6;17(3):e1183. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1183. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada.
² Independent Consultant Cambridge UK.
³ Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy The University of Sydney Sydney Australia.
⁴ Centre for Global Child Health The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada.
⁵ Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada.
⁶ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa Canada.
⁷ Nutrition International Ottawa Canada.
⁸ Independent Ottawa Canada.
⁹ School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada.
¹⁰ Methods Centre Bruyère Research Institute Ottawa Canada.

Abstract

The systematic review will answer the follow research questions: (1) What is the effectiveness of different empowerment approaches employed within nutrition interventions on the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries? (2) What implementation and contextual factors contribute to or detract from the effectiveness of these interventions?