Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995
BRAC through its collaborative effort with the Government of Bangladesh has been implementing the Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development Programme (IGVGDP) with the aim of improving the destitute rural women's 1 i fe through involving them into income generating and other devel...
| मुख्य लेखक: | |
|---|---|
| स्वरूप: | Research report |
| भाषा: | English |
| प्रकाशित: |
BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
2019
|
| विषय: | |
| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12880 |
| id |
10361-12880 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
10361-128802019-11-08T11:57:49Z Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin IGVGD households Nutritional impact Vulnerable group Nutrition. Health surveys--Bangladesh. Public health. BRAC through its collaborative effort with the Government of Bangladesh has been implementing the Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development Programme (IGVGDP) with the aim of improving the destitute rural women's 1 i fe through involving them into income generating and other development activities. The participating women receive 31.25 kg wheat per month as food aid for a set period of two years along with other development inputs from BRAC and the GOB. Nutrition and other health messages are imparted in the regularly held issue based meetings and through home visits by the para-professionals and programme field staff. Nutritional status indicators have been considered as a proxy of overall development of the programme participating households. The aim of this study is to see if the programme after about a year of postimplementation has made any impact on the nutritional status of the pre-school children. This study is based on data collected in July 1995 on 202 Households participated In the IGVGD programme from Tanga i 1 Sadar than a, 17 2 non-programme con t ro 1 househo Ids from within the programme area and 164 non-programme control households from outside the programme area (Kalihati thana). The study children's anthropometric and household's socioeconomic data were collected by the RED interviewers through home visits using structured pre-tested questionnaire. The data suggest positive changes for some selected socioeconomic indicators of the households participated in the IGVGD programme compared to the control households. Sanitary and hygiene practice were also found to be better among the IGVGD households. A decreased trend was found in the proportion of severely malnourished children (according to Gomez classification) in the programme househo Ids. Wasting as defined by reduced weight for height was significantly lower in the IGVGD households ( 7. 8%) ' compared to the non-programme households from within (12.1%) and outside (18.9%) the programme area. The proportion of the underweight children was also lower in the programme children (63.8%) than both the non-programme children (69.6% and 78.1% respectively). Examining the results of this study it may be concluded that the IGVGD programme in addition to socioeconomic upl i ftment of the rural destitute women is able to improve nutritional status of the vulnerable groups such as the pre-school children. 2019-11-06T10:23:16Z 2019-11-06T10:23:16Z 1995-10 Research report Hyder, S. M. Z. (1995, October). Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995. Research Reports (1995): Health Studies, Vol - XVIII, 69–85. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12880 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) |
| institution |
Brac University |
| collection |
Institutional Repository |
| language |
English |
| topic |
IGVGD households Nutritional impact Vulnerable group Nutrition. Health surveys--Bangladesh. Public health. |
| spellingShingle |
IGVGD households Nutritional impact Vulnerable group Nutrition. Health surveys--Bangladesh. Public health. Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| description |
BRAC through its collaborative effort with the Government
of Bangladesh has been implementing the Income Generation
for Vulnerable Group Development Programme (IGVGDP) with
the aim of improving the destitute rural women's 1 i fe
through involving them into income generating and other
development activities. The participating women receive
31.25 kg wheat per month as food aid for a set period of
two years along with other development inputs from BRAC
and the GOB. Nutrition and other health messages are
imparted in the regularly held issue based meetings and
through home visits by the para-professionals and
programme field staff.
Nutritional status indicators have been considered as a
proxy of overall development of the programme
participating households. The aim of this study is to
see if the programme after about a year of postimplementation
has made any impact on the nutritional
status of the pre-school children.
This study is based on data collected in July 1995 on 202
Households participated In the IGVGD programme from
Tanga i 1 Sadar than a, 17 2 non-programme con t ro 1 househo Ids
from within the programme area and 164 non-programme
control households from outside the programme area
(Kalihati thana). The study children's anthropometric
and household's socioeconomic data were collected by the
RED interviewers through home visits using structured
pre-tested questionnaire.
The data suggest positive changes for some selected
socioeconomic indicators of the households participated
in the IGVGD programme compared to the control
households. Sanitary and hygiene practice were also
found to be better among the IGVGD households.
A decreased trend was found in the proportion of severely
malnourished children (according to Gomez classification)
in the programme househo Ids. Wasting as defined by
reduced weight for height was significantly lower in the
IGVGD households ( 7. 8%) ' compared to the non-programme
households from within (12.1%) and outside (18.9%) the
programme area. The proportion of the underweight
children was also lower in the programme children (63.8%)
than both the non-programme children (69.6% and 78.1%
respectively).
Examining the results of this study it may be concluded
that the IGVGD programme in addition to socioeconomic
upl i ftment of the rural destitute women is able to
improve nutritional status of the vulnerable groups such
as the pre-school children. |
| format |
Research report |
| author |
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin |
| author_facet |
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin |
| author_sort |
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin |
| title |
Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| title_short |
Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| title_full |
Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| title_fullStr |
Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of July 1995 |
| title_sort |
nutritional impact study of the income generation for vulnerable group development program: report of july 1995 |
| publisher |
BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) |
| publishDate |
2019 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12880 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT hydersmziauddin nutritionalimpactstudyoftheincomegenerationforvulnerablegroupdevelopmentprogramreportofjuly1995 |
| _version_ |
1814307550738251776 |