Home-visit program research: a health, nutrition, stimulation and maternal-support intervention tested at home for improving infant growth and development; open to learn what kind of study and approaches were evaluated.
Key Takeaways
- Trial randomized 1,300 term SGA infants to an integrated home-visit package or routine care
- Intervention halved anemia prevalence and reduced underweight, stunting, and wasting rates
- Infants in the intervention arm showed higher cognitive, language, and motor development scores