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A community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene intervention improves family-food preparation behaviours in rural Gambia: a follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial

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Discussion We present the results of a 32-month post-intervention evaluation of the MaaChampion cluster-RCT for its additional benefit on improved food hygiene behaviours of caregivers while preparing family food. The MaaChampion intervention improved overall adherence to a composite measure of five behaviours associated with preparing and cooking family food 32 months after intervention delivery....
This study provides evidence for the effectiveness of the MaaChampion intervention in improving handwashing practices among caregivers in The Gambia, leading to a reduction in diarrhoea among children. However, the study also highlights the need for sustained efforts to maintain these improvements, as the benefits in reheating leftover food for family consumption were not sustained. Furthermore, the study does not discuss the potential long-term effects of the intervention or its scalability to ...