Publication date: Oct 01, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the change in the Dietary Diversity (DD) Index of Maya women of reproductive age living in rural areas of the Western Highlands of Guatemala after nutrition, health, and agroecology interventions. This is a secondary analysis study on DD from two matched groups from three villages in the Lake Atitlan area in the department of SololcE1. The first cohort was recruited in 2017 (sample of n = 77). The second cohort was recruited in 2020 (sample of n = 61). Both were followed until 2021. The program provided various resources for assistance for food production and home improvements (sessions from 2018 to 2022). Agroecology sessions were conducted in the test farm. Due to the COVID-19, adjustments were made to continue the education and training sessions. Both cohort samples had a statistically significant increase in participants who consumed at least 15 g from five groups of foods (2017: p = . 00002; 2020: p = . 045). There was a statistically significant increase in mean food groups consumed daily (2017: p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Agroecology | Agroecology |
| Daily | Dietary diversity index |
| Lake | Health |
| Maya | Maya |
| Nutrition | |
| Rural communities | |
| Women reproductive age |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | IDO | production |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |