Flax, Valerie L., Mariam Fagbemi, Courtney H. Schnefke, et al. PLOS One, December 2022
Results showed weak impacts of the Alive & Thrive social and behavior change communication intervention on early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and minimum dietary diversity in Nigeria, but spillover of the intervention to the comparison group may have muted the results. Substantial in-group increases in infant and young child feeding practices from baseline to endline were likely due to the intervention.