Addressing child undernutrition in Tanzania with the ASTUTE program

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Table 6 Regression analysis for male head of household’s exposure to IYCF TV messages and maternal key IYCF knowledge and practice

Key Knowledge Indicators	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval
Knowledge of when to initiate breastfeeding	0.659	0.505–0.860^a
Knowledge of when to initiate complementary feeding	0.974	0.760–1.249
Key Behavior Indicators	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval
Timely initiation of breastfeeding	0.976	0.771–1.234
Exclusive breastfeeding	1.141	0.778–1.676
Timely complementary feeding	0.829	0.468–1.466
Continued breastfeeding at 1 year	0.593	0.302–1.163
Minimum meal frequency (MMF)	1.087	0.884–1.337
Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) for child (4 food groups)	1.495	1.217–1.836^*
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD)	1.455	1.147–1.845^a

^astatistically significant
Note: Multivariate logistic regression model predicting key IYCF knowledge and practices using intervention exposure: whether the male head of household saw a TV commercial or heard a radio spot promoting key IYCFP messages from the behavior change communication. Each indicator estimate is derived from a multivariate logistic regression model that estimates the probability of the health indicator given exposure to the intervention. All model estimates control for maternal age, maternal education level, and wealth index

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