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Training healthcare workers increases IFA use and adherence: Evidence and cost‐effectiveness analysis from Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation programmes are important for preventing and controlling anaemia among pregnant women in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Zuzanna Kurzawa, Christopher S. Cotton, Natasha Mazurkewich, Allison Verney, Jennifer Busch‐Hallen, Bahman Kashi   +5 more
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Quality and Safety Aspects of Infant Nutrition [PDF]

, 2012
Quality and safety aspects of infant nutrition are of key importance for child health, but oftentimes they do not get much attention by health care professionals whose interest tends to focus on functional benefits of early nutrition.
Agostoni C, Agostoni C, Agostoni C, Aris B, Berthold Koletzko, Bier DM, Birlouez-Aragon I, Bonerba E, Cahill SM, Chang H, Dabeka R, Davanzo R, Day JB, Dewey KG, Domellof M, El-Tras WF, Erkekoglu P, Fattal-Valevski A, Fattal-Valevski A, Fattal-Valevski A, Fewtrell MS, Fewtrell MS, Flores JP, Friedman M, Gossner CM, Guzel A, Hamrin P, Hernell O, Hilbig A, Hirvonen T, Jongenburger I, Kaleita TA, Khlangwiset P, Kim SA, Koletzko B, Koletzko B, Koletzko B, Kornreich L, Kvist LJ, Lanska DJ, Lönnerdal B, Malloy MH, Margaret Ashwell, Miled RB, Mitkus RJ, Newberry RE, Norberg S, Oluwafemi F, Panfeng S, Pavesi Arisseto A, Raanan Shamir, Raecker T, Rebhan B, Reij MW, Ruiz E, Santillana MI, Schoder D, Shamir R, Silver LB, Simoneau C, Simoneau C, Snijder CA, Snijder CA, Szajewska H, Szajewska H, Turck D, Weistaub G, Welch RW, Whyatt RM, Willoughby A, Yen TH, Zlotkin S   +71 more
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The Chilean Maternal-Infant Cohort Study-II in the COVID-19 Era: A Study Protocol

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundPregnancy is a critical developmental window in which optimal maternal nutrition and health are key for pregnancy and infant development. The COVID-19 pandemic is considered as a “natural experiment” in which maternal and infant nutrition and ...
María F. Mujica-Coopman, Camila Corvalán, Marcela Flores, María Luisa Garmendia   +3 more
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Low-carbohydrate diets for gestational diabetes [PDF]

, 2019
Nutrition therapy provides the foundation for treatment of gestational diabetes (GDM), and has historically been based on restricting carbohydrate (CHO) intake. In this paper, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are reviewed to assess the effects of both
Farabi, Sarah S, Hernandez, Teri L
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PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of nutrition counselling for pregnant women in low‐ and middle‐income countries to improve maternal, infant and child behavioural, nutritional and health outcomes: A systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
The objective of this systematic review is to identify, appraise and synthesise the best available evidence on the effectiveness of nutritional counselling and education interventions on maternal, infant and child health outcomes, and assess the ...
Omar Dewidar, Ammar Saad, Aqeel Baqar, Jessica C. John, Alison Riddle, Erika Ota, Jacqueline K. Kung'u, Mandana Arabi, Manoj K. Raut, Seth S. Klobodu, Sarah Rowe, Jennifer Busch‐Hallen, Chowdhury S. B. Jalal, Sara Wuehler, Vivian Welch   +14 more
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Maternal postpartum feeding anxiety was associated with infant feeding practices: results from the mother-infant cohort study of China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Maternal feeding anxiety (FA) was prevalent during puerperium and might affect infant feeding practices. This study was aimed to investigate the FA status in Chinese postpartum women and its relationship with infant feeding practices (FPs ...
Jing Sun, Yimin Zhu, Yongjin Li, Niuniu Li, Tan Liu, Xiao Su, Zhiyong Dai, Yanchun Zhang, Lina Pan, Wei Jiang, Wenli Zhu   +10 more
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Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl, Allen, Lindsay H, Chantry, Caroline J, Hampel, Daniela, Kiprotich, Marion, Lin, Audrie, Null, Clair A, Shahab-Ferdows, Setareh, Stewart, Christine P, Williams, Anne M   +9 more
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The potential effectiveness of the nutrition improvement program on infant and young child feeding and nutritional status in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, Central Africa

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
Background Despite the recent international focus on maternal and child nutrition, little attention is paid to nutrition capacity development.
Kate Reinsma, Godlove Nkuoh, Emmanuel Nshom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: a conceptual framework and literature review [PDF]

, 2018
Improving the nutritional status of women and children in South Asia remains a high public health and development priority. Women's groups are emerging as platforms for delivering health- and nutrition-oriented programs and addressing gender and ...
Cunningham, Kenda, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kumar, Neha, Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Scott, Samuel, Tyagi, Parul, Wable, Gargi   +8 more
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What could infant and young child nutrition learn from sweatshops?

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Adequate infant and young child nutrition demands high rates of breastfeeding and good access to nutrient rich complementary foods, requiring public sector action to promote breastfeeding and home based complementary feeding, and private ...
Sagoe-Moses Isabella, Ansett Sean, Singer Peter A   +2 more
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