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'The bigger the better'--mothers' social networks and child nutrition in Andhra Pradesh. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: It is hypothesised that mothers' social networks can positively affect child nutrition through the sharing of health knowledge and other resources.
Moestue, Helen, Galab, Sheik, Huttly, Sharon, Sarella, Lydia   +3 more
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Engaging family members in maternal, infant and young child nutrition activities in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic scoping review

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
The influence of fathers, grandmothers and other family members on maternal, infant and young child nutrition practices has been well documented for decades, yet many social and behavioural interventions continue to reach only mothers.
Stephanie L. Martin, Juliet K. McCann, Emily Gascoigne, Diana Allotey, Dadirai Fundira, Katherine L. Dickin   +5 more
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Safety of child nutrition

Медицинский совет, 2019
Non-communicable diseases result in more than 63% of all deaths according to the data announced at the meeting on the prevention of non-communicable diseases held by the UN General Assembly in 2011. Such diseases are caused by genetic and socioecological
I. N. Zakharova, M. R. Aisanova
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Nutrition Information Systems for Implementing Child Nutrition Programs

Asian Development Review, 1999
Nutrition information systems (NIS) provide the information needed for planning and implementing nutrition investment programs. This paper develops a framework to analyze NIS in the study countries.
Nancy Mock, John Mason
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Determinants of under-nutrition among children under five years of age in Ethiopia

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Ethiopia is one of the developing countries where child under-nutrition is prevalent. Prior studies employed three anthropometric indicators for identifying factors of children’s under-nutrition.
Gashu Workneh Kassie, Demeke Lakew Workie   +1 more
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A qualitative assessment of gender roles in child nutrition in Central Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Child malnutrition persists globally with men and women playing distinct roles to support children’s nutrition. Women frequently carry the bulk of the workload related to food, care, and health, all of which are critical factors in child ...
Elizabeth Mkandawire, Clement Bisai, Elizabeth Dyke, Anne Dressel, Hazel Kantayeni, Billy Molosoni, Peninnah M. Kako, Kaboni W. Gondwe, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu   +8 more
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Impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net program on household food security and child nutrition: A marginal structural modeling approach

SSM: Population Health, 2020
Safety nets are expanding in African countries as a policy instrument to alleviate poverty and food insecurity. Whether safety nets have improved household food security and child diet and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa has not been well documented ...
Bezawit Adugna Bahru, Mulusew G. Jebena, Regina Birner, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Child anemia and the 2008 food price crisis in Senegal [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: In 2008, world food prices skyrocketed. There is little consensus on the effect of the 2008 food price crisis on poverty, food security, and population health.
Jesse McDevitt-Irwin
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Access to nutrition information: a key to improving nutrition status among under-five children in farming households of Oyo State, Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2020
Attaining adequate child nutrition requires prompt access to relevant nutrition information. Present information reveals that the nutrition status of children younger than five years is threatened. In this study we sought to assess under-five nutritional
Fadairo Anjolaoluwa Oreoluwa, Oyebode Lukman Abiodun, Amusat Adeniyi   +2 more
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Addressing child under nutrition: can traditional practices offer a solution?

Global Health Action, 2017
Child under nutrition continues to be a challenge to global development, especially in resource-poor contexts. In the multifaceted attempts to address this challenge, popular traditional practices, although closely linked to infant health, remain ...
Sarika Chaturvedi, Joanna Raven, Bhushan Patwardhan   +2 more
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