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Both included a control group that received no transfer or BCC. Transfer recipients were mothers living in poor households with at least one child aged less than 2 years at baseline. Probit models were used to analyse endline data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980017004232_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Rural areas in north-west and south Bangladesh.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980017004232_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mothers (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 4840) and children 6\u201359 months (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 4840).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980017004232_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A transfer accompanied by nutrition BCC increased the share of mothers with knowledge of Fe deficiency (11\u00b79 and 9\u00b72 percentage points for North and South, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u22640\u00b701), maternal awareness of MMP (29\u00b70 and 22\u00b72 percentage points, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u22640\u00b701), the likelihood that their children 6\u201359 months had ever consumed MMP (32 and 11\u00b79 percentage points, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u22640\u00b701), consumed MMP in the preceding week (16\u00b79 and 3\u00b79 percentage points, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u22640\u00b701) and consumed either MMP or an Fe supplement in the preceding week (22\u00b73 and 7\u00b71 percentage points, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u22640\u00b701). Improvements were statistically significant relative to groups that received a transfer only.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980017004232_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nutrition-sensitive social protection (transfers with BCC added) may be a promising way to advance progress on micronutrient deficiencies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980017004232","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,22]],"date-time":"2018-02-22T03:28:18Z","timestamp":1519270098000},"page":"1753-1761","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Randomized control trials demonstrate that nutrition-sensitive social protection interventions increase the use of multiple-micronutrient powders and iron supplements in rural pre-school Bangladeshi children"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0590-3917","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John","family":"Hoddinott","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akhter","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8053-1650","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shalini","family":"Roy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/15648265100312S209"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/mcn.12495"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/85.4.931"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/137.4.1023"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref11","first-page":"231","volume-title":"Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty?","author":"Hoddinott","year":"2010"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1301\/nr.2006.may.S34-S43"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.9734\/EJNFS\/2015\/21289"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/156482650702800204"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref12","volume-title":"Which Kinds of Social Safety Net Transfers Work Best for the Ultra Poor in Bangladesh?","author":"Ahmed","year":"2016"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref13","first-page":"377","article-title":"BRAC\u2019s experience in scaling-up MNP in Bangladesh","volume":"23","author":"Afsana","year":"2014","journal-title":"Asia Pac J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3945\/jn.110.137182"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(07)61690-0"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0007114515002147"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/74.6.791"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.0020001"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)60843-0"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref14","volume-title":"A Child\u2019s Daily Nutrition Within a Small Sachet","year":"2012"},{"key":"S1368980017004232_ref15","volume-title":"Bangladesh Poverty Assessment: Assessing a Decade of Progress in Reducing Poverty, 2000\u20132010. 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