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

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 livelihoods challenges. We propose a framework outlini...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Neha, Scott, Samuel P., Menon, Purnima, Kannan, Samyuktha, Cunningham, Kenda, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145529
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author Kumar, Neha
Scott, Samuel P.
Menon, Purnima
Kannan, Samyuktha
Cunningham, Kenda
Raghunathan, Kalyani
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Kannan, Samyuktha
Kumar, Neha
Menon, Purnima
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Raghunathan, Kalyani
Scott, Samuel P.
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description 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 livelihoods challenges. We propose a framework outlining pathways through which women's group participation may facilitate improvements in nutrition. Evidence is summarized from 36 studies reporting on 24 nutritional indicators across infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, intake/diet, and anthropometry. Our findings suggest that women's group-based programs explicitly triggering behavior change pathways are most successful in improving nutrition outcomes, with strongest evidence for IYCF practices. Future investigators should link process and impact evaluations to better understand the pathways from women's group participation to nutritional impact.
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spelling CGSpace1455292025-04-02T20:13:08Z Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review Kumar, Neha Scott, Samuel P. Menon, Purnima Kannan, Samyuktha Cunningham, Kenda Raghunathan, Kalyani Quisumbing, Agnes R. gender child nutrition health nutrition policies nutrition women's organizations infant feeding behavioural responses women 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 livelihoods challenges. We propose a framework outlining pathways through which women's group participation may facilitate improvements in nutrition. Evidence is summarized from 36 studies reporting on 24 nutritional indicators across infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, intake/diet, and anthropometry. Our findings suggest that women's group-based programs explicitly triggering behavior change pathways are most successful in improving nutrition outcomes, with strongest evidence for IYCF practices. Future investigators should link process and impact evaluations to better understand the pathways from women's group participation to nutritional impact. 2018-03-01 2024-06-21T09:04:37Z 2024-06-21T09:04:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145529 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105579 https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac079 Open Access Elsevier Kumar, Neha; Scott, Samuel; Menon, Purnima; Kannan, Samyuktha; Cunningham, Kenda; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; et al. 2018. Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review. Global Food Security 17(June 2018) : 172-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.11.002
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child nutrition
health
nutrition policies
nutrition
women's organizations
infant feeding
behavioural responses
women
Kumar, Neha
Scott, Samuel P.
Menon, Purnima
Kannan, Samyuktha
Cunningham, Kenda
Raghunathan, Kalyani
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title_full Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title_fullStr Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title_short Pathways from women's group-based programs to nutrition change in South Asia: A conceptual framework and literature review
title_sort pathways from women s group based programs to nutrition change in south asia a conceptual framework and literature review
topic gender
child nutrition
health
nutrition policies
nutrition
women's organizations
infant feeding
behavioural responses
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145529
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