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Is maternal nutrition knowledge more strongly associated with the diets of mothers or their school-aged children? [PDF]

, 2012
Objective Maternal nutrition knowledge has frequently been identified as an important target for nutrition promotion interventions. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether maternal nutrition knowledge is more strongly associated with the ...
Cleland, David Crawford, Gavin Abbott, Karen Campbell, Kylie Ball, Lauren Williams, Matheson, Yung   +7 more
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Embedding supportive parenting resources into maternity and early years care pathways: a mixed methods evaluation

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background During pregnancy and postnatally, women seek information from a variety of sources. The potential to incorporate educational pregnancy and parenting resources into conventional health services is underexplored.
Nicola Crossland, Gill Thomson, Victoria Hall Moran   +2 more
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Evaluating the nutritional content of an insect-fortified food for the child complementary diet in Ghana

BMC Nutrition, 2020
Background Due to rising food insecurity, natural resource scarcity, population growth, and the cost of and demand for animal proteins, insects as food have emerged as a relevant topic.
Megan E. Parker, Stephanie Zobrist, Herman E. Lutterodt, Cyril R. Asiedu, Chantal Donahue, Connor Edick, Kimberly Mansen, Gretel Pelto, Peiman Milani, Shobhita Soor, Amos Laar, Cyril M. Engmann   +11 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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Exploring maternal nutrition counseling provided by health professionals during antenatal care follow-up: a qualitative study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-2019

BMC Nutrition, 2021
Background Nutritional awareness and practice of women during pregnancy could be determining their nutritional status, which significantly affects the outcome of pregnancy.
Matyas Atnafu Alehegn, Tsegaye Kebede Fanta, Agumas Fentahun Ayalew   +2 more
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Maternal Nutrition Education Provided by Midwives: A Qualitative Study in an Antenatal Clinic, Uganda

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2018
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy affects the health of the mother and baby. The objective of this paper is to describe the maternal nutrition education offered by midwives to women attending an antenatal clinic.
Joyce Nankumbi, Tom Dennis Ngabirano, Gorrette Nalwadda   +2 more
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Strategies for optimizing maternal nutrition to promote infant development

Reproductive Health, 2018
Background The growing appreciation of the multi-faceted importance of optimal maternal nutrition to the health and development of the infant and young child is tempered by incompletely resolved strategies for combatting challenges.
K. Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs
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Engagement in agriculture protects against food insecurity and malnutrition in peri-urban Nepal [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Urbanization is occurring rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries, which may affect households’ livelihoods, diet, and food security and nutritional outcomes.
Carletto, Central Bureau of Statistics—National Planning Commission Secretariat Government of Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics—National Planning Commission Secretariat, Government of Nepal, Coates, d'Amour, Darapheak, English, Fan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FHI 360, Gross, Headey, Henjum, Hillbruner, Howe, Kadiyala, Kavle, Korth, Krebs, Leroy, Marquis, Masset, Maxwell, Maxwell, Miller, Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc. Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 [Internet], Mkwambisi, Muzzini, Nepal Rastra Bank [Internet], Olney, Onis, Orsini, Pandey, Poulsen, Psaki, Rutstein, Sari, Shively, STATcompiler [Internet], United Nations [Internet], Warren, Webb, Yeudall, Zezza   +42 more
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The role of community health workers in the reengineering of primary health care in rural Eastern Cape

South African Family Practice, 2015
Background: Primary Health Care in South Africa is being re-engineered to create a model of integrated care across different levels of the health care system.
Karl le Roux, Ingrid M. le Roux, Nokwanele Mbewu, Emily Davis   +3 more
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Gaps in the implementation and uptake of maternal nutrition interventions in antenatal care services in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Antenatal care (ANC) is the largest health platform globally for delivering maternal nutrition interventions (MNIs) to pregnant women. Yet, large missed opportunities remain in nutrition service delivery.
Tina Sanghvi, Phuong H. Nguyen, Manisha Tharaney, Sebanti Ghosh, Jessica Escobar‐Alegria, Zeba Mahmud, Tamirat Walissa, Maurice Zafimanjaka, Sunny Kim   +8 more
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