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Educational intervention for altering water-sanitation behavior to reduce childhood diarrhea in urban Bangladesh : impact on nutritional status . We evaluated whether an educational intervention that was effective in reducing childhood diarrhea also improved childhood nutritional status . Fifty-one communities of 38 families each were randomized to receive the intervention or no intervention . During 1 y of follow-up the rate of diarrhea ( per 100 wk ) in children less than 6 y in the intervention group was 5.89 episodes whereas that in the nonintervention group was 7.55 episodes ( protective efficacy 22 % ; p less than 0.0001 ) . During the same follow-up period children in both groups exhibited comparable patterns of weight gain ; 1 y after the intervention the mean weight for age of children in both groups was 76 % of the NCHS standard . No significant differences were observed in the proportion of each group that experienced a major deterioration or improvement of nutritional status . We conclude that an intervention that reduces rates of childhood diarrhea may not necessarily also improve nutritional status .
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Intervention_Educational
Educational intervention
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Intervention_Educational
educational intervention
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Intervention_Educational
intervention
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Intervention_Control
no intervention
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Outcome_Physical
diarrhea
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Outcome_Physical
childhood nutritional status .
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Outcome_Physical
rate of diarrhea
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Outcome_Physical
weight gain ;
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Outcome_Physical
mean weight for age
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Outcome_Physical
major deterioration or improvement of nutritional status .
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Outcome_Physical
childhood diarrhea
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Outcome_Physical
nutritional status .
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Participant_Condition
diarrhea
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Participant_Sample-size
Fifty-one communities of 38 families each
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Participant_Age
children less than 6 y