Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s
This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using document review, interviews with mothers, and quantitative analysis of DHS datasets. Our qualitative and quantitative analyses both highlight similar policy and community level changes but limited improvements in c...
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| author | Cunningham, Kenda Headey, Derek D. Singh, Akriti Karmacharya, Chandni Rana, Pooja Pandey |
| author_browse | Cunningham, Kenda Headey, Derek D. Karmacharya, Chandni Rana, Pooja Pandey Singh, Akriti |
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| description | This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using document review, interviews with mothers, and quantitative analysis of DHS datasets. Our qualitative and quantitative analyses both highlight similar policy and community level changes but limited improvements in child feeding and care practices. Improvements in four key drivers of nutritional change emerged: health services, sanitation, education, and wealth. However, the relative contributions of each factor varied by indicator, with health services more important for linear growth among children, and sanitation more important for weight gain among both children and mothers. We conclude with a discussion bringing the qualitative and quantitative findings together into key lessons from Nepal's success. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1480002025-03-03T19:42:23Z Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s Cunningham, Kenda Headey, Derek D. Singh, Akriti Karmacharya, Chandni Rana, Pooja Pandey education undernutrition health stunting thinness malnutrition nutrition mothers children wasting disease (nutritional disorder) hygiene health services breastfeeding This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using document review, interviews with mothers, and quantitative analysis of DHS datasets. Our qualitative and quantitative analyses both highlight similar policy and community level changes but limited improvements in child feeding and care practices. Improvements in four key drivers of nutritional change emerged: health services, sanitation, education, and wealth. However, the relative contributions of each factor varied by indicator, with health services more important for linear growth among children, and sanitation more important for weight gain among both children and mothers. We conclude with a discussion bringing the qualitative and quantitative findings together into key lessons from Nepal's success. 2017-06 2024-06-21T09:23:38Z 2024-06-21T09:23:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148000 en Open Access Elsevier Cunningham, Kenda; Headey, Derek D.; Singh, Akriti; Karmacharya, Chandni; and Rana, Pooja Pandey. 2017. Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s. Global Food Security 13(June 2017): 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.02.001 |
| spellingShingle | education undernutrition health stunting thinness malnutrition nutrition mothers children wasting disease (nutritional disorder) hygiene health services breastfeeding Cunningham, Kenda Headey, Derek D. Singh, Akriti Karmacharya, Chandni Rana, Pooja Pandey Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title | Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title_full | Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title_fullStr | Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title_short | Maternal and child nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s |
| title_sort | maternal and child nutrition in nepal examining drivers of progress from the mid 1990s to 2010s |
| topic | education undernutrition health stunting thinness malnutrition nutrition mothers children wasting disease (nutritional disorder) hygiene health services breastfeeding |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148000 |
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