Effect of a Community Health Worker-Delivered Parental Education and Counseling Intervention on Anemia Cure Rates in Rural Indian Children: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

摘要

IMPORTANCE Iron deficiency anemia, the largest cause of anemia worldwide, adversely affects cognitive development in children. Moreover, the imperceptible childhood anemia prevalence reduction in response to anemia control measures is associated with tremendous social and economic cost.