Published on in Vol 11, No 2 (2022): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/31475, first published .
The Shishu Pushti Trial–Extended Peer Counseling for Improving Feeding Practices and Reducing Undernutrition in Children Aged 0-48 Months in Urban Bangladesh: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

The Shishu Pushti Trial–Extended Peer Counseling for Improving Feeding Practices and Reducing Undernutrition in Children Aged 0-48 Months in Urban Bangladesh: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

The Shishu Pushti Trial–Extended Peer Counseling for Improving Feeding Practices and Reducing Undernutrition in Children Aged 0-48 Months in Urban Bangladesh: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Seema Mihrshahi   1, 2 * , BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD ;   Gulshan Ara   3 * , MSc, MPH ;   Mansura Khanam   3 , MSc, MPH ;   Sabrina Rasheed   3 , PhD ;   Kingsley Emwinyore Agho   4 , MSc, MEng, MPH, PhD ;   AKM Iqbal Kabir   5 , MBBS, MD, PhD ;   S K Roy   6 , MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCP ;   Rukhsana Haider   7 , MBBS, MSc, PhD, FABM ;   Jena Derakhshani Hamadani   3 , MBBS, DCH, PhD ;   Fahmida Tofail   3 , MBBS, PhD ;   Ashraful Alam   2 , MSS, PhD ;   Michael J Dibley   2 , MBBS, MPH

1 Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, Australia

2 Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

3 Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

4 School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia

5 Projahnmo Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

6 Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation, Institute of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh

7 Training and Assistance for Health and Nutrition Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Seema Mihrshahi, BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD
  • Department of Health Sciences
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  • Macquarie University
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