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dc.contributor.authorSantoso, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorPetrie, Halle
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorLane, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorKassim, Neema
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Haikael
dc.contributor.authorMtinda, Elias
dc.contributor.authorLupafya, Esther
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Sera
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T07:00:20Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T07:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2023-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100098
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/2087
dc.descriptionThis research article was published in the Current Developments in Nutrition Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2023en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Participation is key to the successful implementation of nutrition-related interventions, but it has been relatively overlooked. Objective: We sought to describe participation intensity among smallholder farmers in a randomized nutrition-sensitive agroecology study in rural Tanzania. We explored the association between baseline characteristics and overall participation intensity (quantitatively at the individual level and qualitatively at the group level), the association of participation intensity with 2 process indicators, and the association between participation intensity and key study outcomes. Methods: Data came from 7 rounds of surveys with 295 women and 267 men across 29 months and 2 rounds of semi-structured interviews with the 20 “mentor farmers” who delivered the intervention. Participation intensity was based on the number of months of attendance at village-level project meetings or household visits (range: 0–29). Multivariable models of participation were built. Results: Women and men participated for 17.5 7.2 and 13.6 8.3 months, respectively. Participation intensity followed 1 latent tra- jectory: initially low, with a sharp increase after month 7, and plateaued after the first year. At baseline, higher participation intensity was associated with older age, higher education, level of women’s empowerment, being in the middle quintile of wealth, and qualitatively, village residence. Higher participation intensity was associated with 2 process indicators – better recall of topics discussed during meetings and greater knowledge about key agroecological methods. High participation intensity was positively associated with increased use of sustainable agricultural practices among all participants, and among women, with husband’s involvement in household tasks and child’s dietary diversity score. Conclusions: Participation intensity covaried with key study outcomes, suggesting the value of increased attention to implementation in nutrition-related programs for providing insights into drivers of impact. We hope that investigations of participation, including participation intensity, will become more widespread so that intervention impacts, or lack thereof, can be better understood.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectNutrition-sensitive agricultureen_US
dc.subjectImplementation scienceen_US
dc.subjectParticipation intensityen_US
dc.subjectAgroecologyen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmeren_US
dc.titleA Mixed Methods Exploration of the Role of Participation in a Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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