Maternal and Child Nutrition

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The association of early linear growth and haemoglobin concentration with later cognitive, motor, and social–emotional development at preschool age in Ghana
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 15 Số 4 - 2019
Maku Ocansey, Seth Adu‐Afarwuah, Sika M Kumordzie, Harriet Okronipa, Rebecca Young, Solace M Tamakloe, Brietta M. Oaks, Mary Arimond, Kathryn G. Dewey, Elizabeth L. Prado
AbstractIt is important to identify the periods during childhood when exposure to environmental risk factors results in long‐term neurodevelopmental deficits. Stunting and anaemia may be sensitive indicators of exposure to such risks. In a prospective cohort enrolled before birth, we investigated the association of developmental scores at 4–6 years with (a) birth l...... hiện toàn bộ
A qualitative analysis of text message conversations in a breastfeeding peer counselling intervention
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 16 Số 2 - 2020
Josefa L. Martinez‐Brockman, Nurit Harari, Lori Goeschel, Valerie Bozzi, Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla
AbstractThe Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) breastfeeding peer counselling (BFPC) program supports optimal early life nutrition by providing evidenced‐based breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support. The Lactation Advice Through Texting Can Help (LATCH) study was a randomized controlled trial that tested the effec...... hiện toàn bộ
Giving me hope: women's reflections on a breastfeeding peer support service
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 8 Số 3 - Trang 340-353 - 2012
Gill Thomson, Nicola Crossland, Fiona Dykes
AbstractBreastfeeding peer support has been identified as a key intervention to help improve breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding rates. The World Health Organization, and, in the UK, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, recommend the implementation of sustainable peer support programmes. As part of an evaluation into a comprehensive brea...... hiện toàn bộ
A large‐scale operational study of home‐based therapy with ready‐to‐use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 206-215 - 2007
Zachary M. Linneman, Danielle Matilsky, MacDonald Ndekha, Micah J. Manary, Kenneth Maleta, Mark Manary
AbstractHome‐based therapy with ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for the treatment of malnutrition has better outcomes in the research setting than standard therapy. This study examined outcomes of malnourished children aged 6–60 months enrolled in operational home‐based therapy with RUTF. Children enrolled ...... hiện toàn bộ
A survey of neonatal nutrition policies and practices in the UK and Eire
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 3 Số 2 - Trang 120-128 - 2007
David Tuthill, Child Nutrition Panel
AbstractOptimal nutrition is one of the fundamental components for infants to reach their full growth and neurodevelopmental potential. Best practice is facilitated by a contemporaneous, multidisciplinary, evidence‐based nutrition policy. Such evidence has recently been reviewed. We have assessed: the prevalence of nutrition policies in neonatal units in the UK and...... hiện toàn bộ
Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth – a cross‐sectional study from Malawi
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 4 Số 3 - Trang 209-219 - 2008
Robert C. Stewart, Eric Umar, Felix Kauye, James Bunn, Maclean Vokhiwa, Margaret Fitzgerald, Barbara Tomenson, Atıf Rahman, Francis Creed
AbstractThe objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross‐sectional study was conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due for measles vaccination, and their mothers.Mean infant weight‐for‐age and l...... hiện toàn bộ
World Health Organization (WHO) infant and young child feeding indicators: associations with growth measures in 14 low‐income countries
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 8 Số 3 - Trang 354-370 - 2012
Bernadette P. Marriott, Alan White, Louise Hadden, Jayne C. Davies, John B. Wallingford
AbstractEight World Health Organization (WHO) feeding indicators (FIs) and Demographic and Health Survey data for children <24 months were used to assess the relationship of child feeding with stunting and underweight in 14 poor countries. Also assessed were the correlations of FI with country gross national income (GNI). Prevalence of underweight and stunting i...... hiện toàn bộ
Trends in inequalities in child stunting in South Asia
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 14 Số S4 - 2018
Aditi Krishna, Iván Mejía‐Guevara, Mark P. McGovern, Víctor M. Aguayo, S. V. Subramanian
AbstractWe analysed socio‐economic inequalities in stunting in South Asia and investigated disparities associated with factors at the individual, caregiver, and household levels (poor dietary diversity, low maternal education, and household poverty). We used time‐series analysis of data from 55,459 children ages 6–23 months from Demographic and Health Surveys in Ba...... hiện toàn bộ
Childhood stunting: a global perspective
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 12 Số S1 - Trang 12-26 - 2016
Mercedes de Onís, Francesco Branca
AbstractChildhood stunting is the best overall indicator of children's well‐being and an accurate reflection of social inequalities. Stunting is the most prevalent form of child malnutrition with an estimated 161 million children worldwide in 2013 falling below −2 SD from the length‐for‐age/height‐for‐age World Health Organization Child Growth Standards median. Man...... hiện toàn bộ
The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction
Maternal and Child Nutrition - Tập 9 Số S2 - Trang 69-82 - 2013
John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere R. Behrman, Lawrence Haddad, Susan Horton
AbstractThis paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception throughout the life cycle: from childhood through to old age. We summarize the key empirical literature around each of the links in the life cycle, highlighting gap...... hiện toàn bộ
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