Improving Anemia Status of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of Pilot Intervention in Four Factories

Summary

The current study is aimed at evaluating nutrition interventions to be implemented for improving health and nutritional status of female garments workers in 4 selected garment factories in Bangladesh. The interventions will attempt to increase either energy intake and or iron intake by female garments workers and expected to implement the interventions as planned: 1. Provision of a once weekly iron/folate supplement, and nutritionally improved, daily hot lunch including multi-nutrient fortified rice plus a nutrition and health behavior change communications (BCC) program in intervention factory compared with a control factory which will provide regular lunch meal plus a nutrition and health behavior change communications (BCC) program for 10 months 2. Provision of a twice weekly iron/folate supplement plus a nutrition and health BCC program in an intervention factory compared with a control factory with only nutrition and health BCC program for 10 months; on the following outcomes: * Prevalence of anemia * Nutrition knowledge and practices as per key messages of the BCC program * Worker satisfaction with the modified lunch and/or iron/folate supplementation, and the BCC program

Timeline

Start

2016-01-27

Primary completion

2017-06-30

Completion

2017-06-30

Drugs

Indications