Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

Storytelling for persuasion: Insights from community health workers on how they engage family members to improve adoption of recommended maternal nutrition and breastfeeding behavi... por Grandner, Gargi Wable, Rasmussen, Kathleen M., Dickin, Katerine L., Menon, Purnima, Yeh, Tiffany, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Using focused ethnography, we drew insights from the strategies that CHWs used to persuade influential family members to support recommendations on maternal diet, rest and breastfeeding in a behaviour change communication trial in rural Bangladesh. We interviewed 35 CHWs providing at-home interpersonal counselling to pregnant women and their families in seven ‘Alive & Thrive’ intervention sites. …”
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Chicken liver and eggshell crackers as a safe and affordable animal source food for overcoming micronutrient deficits during pregnancy and lactation in Indonesia: A double-blind, r... por Diana, Aly, Rahmannia, Sofa, Suhadi, Yenni Zuhairini, Luftimas, Dimas Erlangga, Rizqi, Haidar, Purnamasari, Afini Dwi, Jihadillah, Ayunda, Ansari, Mohammad Brachim, Haq, Zahrotun, Ayu, Dearly, Pratiwi, Aisyah Nur, Scott, Samuel P., Hampel, Daniela, Allen, Lindsay H., Haszard, Jillian J., Houghton, Lisa A., Gibson, Rosalind S., Fahmida, Umi

“…Background: Indonesia ranks fifth in terms of the number of stunted children and there has been little change in the stunting prevalence in the last decade. …”
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India's 2.42 million frontline health workers enable restoration of health and nutrition service delivery after early COVID-19 lockdowns por Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Ashok, Sattvika, Bajaj, Sumati, Kachwaha, Shivani, Pant, Anjali, Walia, Monika, Kulkarni, Bharati, Augustine, Little Flower, Menon, Purnima

“…Methods: We conducted phone surveys with 5500 FLWs in seven states between August–October 2020, asking about service delivery during April 2020 (T1) and in the August-October period (T2) and analyzed changes between T1 and T2. We also analyzed publicly available administrative data (AD) from 704 districts including the pre-pandemic period (T0) to examine disruptions and restoration of services. …”
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Estimating and understanding crop yields with explainable deep learning in the Indian wheat belt por Wolanin, Aleksandra, Mateo-Garciá, Gonzalo, Camps-Valls, Gustau, Gómez-Chova, Luis, Meroni, Michele, Duveiller, Gregory, You, Liangzhi, Guanter, Luis

“…Forecasting crop yields is becoming increasingly important under the current context in which food security needs to be ensured despite the challenges brought by climate change, an expanding world population accompanied by rising incomes, increasing soil erosion, and decreasing water resources. …”
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Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial por Kurdi, Sikandra, Figueroa, Jose Luis, Ibrahim, Hosam

“…Behavioural change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. …”
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Nutrition, cognition, and social emotion among preschoolers in poor, rural areas of South Central China: Status and correlates por Chen, Kevin Z., Liu, Chengfang, Liu, Xinghua, Wang, Zimeiyi, Luo, Renfu, Li, Shaoping, Yu, Yanying, Alderman, Harold

“…As such, this study suggests that free lunch programs have the potential to change children’s developmental trajectory in preschool. …”
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Global agricultural extension staff functional competencies por Davis, Kristin E., Joseph, Jeanelle, Barry, Tessa, von Maltitz, Lindie, Van Niekerk, Johan, Ngomane, Tsakani, Rasoanindrainy, Andrianjafy

“…The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) has called for “the new extensionist”(Davis and Sulaiman 2014), emphasizing the functional competencies needed to help clientele cope with complex challenges such as climate change and nutrition. Since 2015 the GFRAS “New Extensionist Learning Kit” (NELK)has been equipping extension agents globally with functional competencies through face-to-face, online, and blended learning(AFAAS 2018). …”
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Food and nutrition security in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during COVID-19 pandemic: July 2020 report por de Brauw, Alan, Hirvonen, Kalle, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…In early July 2020, we called by telephone a representative sample of nearly 600 households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to assess income changes and household food and nutrition security status during the COVID-19 pandemic (recall period covering June). …”
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Tools for measuring the full impacts of agricultural interventions por Martin, Will

“…It deals with situations where inefficiencies in past making, and/or changes in circumstances mean that disproportionately large benefits are obtainable at low cost.…”
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Market information and access to structured markets by small farmers and traders: Evidence from an action research experiment in central Malawi por Ochieng, Dennis O., Botha, Rosemary, Baulch, Bob

“…A before versus after analysis was also employed to evaluate changes in traders’ marketing outcomes. We find positive but statistically insignificant effects on maize and soybean selling prices, sales through structured markets and levels of commercialization after the intervention. …”
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Patients’ and clinicians’ perceptions of antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections in the acute care setting por Broniatowski, David A., Klein, Eili Y., May, Larissa, Martinez, Elena M., Ware, Chelsea, Reyna, Valerie F.

“…Although individually rational, reliance on the “why not take a risk” representation can lead to socially suboptimal results, including antibiotic resistance and individual patient harm due to adverse events. Changing this representation could alter clinicians’ and patients’ expectations, suggesting opportunities to reduce overprescribing.…”
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Randomized control trials demonstrate that nutrition-sensitive social protection interventions increase the use of multiple-micronutrient powders and iron supplements in rural pre-... por Hoddinott, John F., Ahmed, Akhter, Roy, Shalini

“…Design Two randomized controlled trials with treatment arms including cash transfers, food transfers, cash and food transfers, cash and nutrition behaviour change communication (BCC), and food and nutrition BCC were implemented over two years. …”
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A Bayesian methodology for building consistent datasets for structural modeling por Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Robinson, Sherman, Dunston, Shahnila, Sulser, Timothy B.

“…They provide empirical methodologies to explore how systems and agents behave and consider how they may change when responding to shocks and stresses. The power of these tools, however, depends on the quality of the data on which they are built. …”
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Maternal nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh, India: Role of key influential demand and supply factors por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Avula, Rasmi, Young, Melissa, Patil, Sumeet, Menon, Purnima

“…Strengthening existing program operations and increasing demand for services has the potential to result in large improvements in maternal nutrition practices from current baseline levels but may not be sufficient to meet World Health Organization‐recommended levels without creating an enabling environment including improvements in education and income levels to support behaviour change.…”
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Experiences and lessons learned for delivery of micronutrient powders interventions por Reerink, Ietje, Namaste, Sorrel M. L., Poonawala, Alia, Nyhus Dhillon, Christina, Aburto, Nancy, Chaudhery, Deepika, Hou, Kroeun, Griffiths, Marcia, Haque, Mohammad Raisul, Bonvecchio, Anabelle, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Rawat, Rahul

“…An effective delivery strategy coupled with relevant social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) have been identified as central to the implementation of micronutrient powders (MNP) interventions, but there has been limited documentation of what works. …”
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Improving diets and nutrition through an integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention (SELEVER) in Burkina Faso: Study protocol for a randomized trial por Gelli, Aulo, Becquey, Elodie, Ganaba, Rasmané, Headey, Derek D., Hidrobo, Melissa, Huybregts, Lieven, Verhoef, Hans, Kenfack, Romain, Zongouri, Sita, Guedenet, Hannah

“…Background The SELEVER study is designed to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture–nutrition package of interventions (including poultry value chain development, women’s empowerment activities, and a behavior change communications strategy to promote improved diets and feeding, care, and hygiene practices) on the diets, health, and nutritional status of women and children in Burkina Faso. …”
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A review on nitrogen flows and obstacles to sustainable nitrogen management within the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa por Masso, Cargele, Gweyi-Onyango, J., Luoga, H.P., Yemefack, M., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…From the projections in N input as recommended by various stakeholders, there would likely be changes in both current yield and N use efficiency (NUE) values; however, most small-scale farmers will continue to experience low yields, which remains a challenge for food security in the area. …”
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Management of Emerging and Invasive Pests of Food Legumes and Cereals Germplasm in CWANA Region por Kumari, Safaa, Moukahel, Abdulrahman, El Miziani, Inaam, Darwish, Iman

“…Numerous reports of the invasion of transboundary pests into new areas have indicated that these pests are driven by agricultural intensification, international trade and climate change with adverse ecological, environmental and/or economic impacts. …”
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Why do farmers not irrigate all the areas equipped for irrigation? Lessons from Southern Africa por Nhamo, L., Mpandeli, S., Liphadzi, S., Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel, Mugiyo, H., Senzanje, A., Lankford, B. A., Mabhaudhi, T.

“…Extreme weather events including drought, floods, and heatwaves exacerbate the existing challenges, underscoring the need to improve agricultural water management as a climate change adaptation strategy. This mixed-methods review followed the Search, Appraisal, Synthesis, and Analysis (SALSA) framework to explore the irrigation opportunities and challenges in southern Africa by critically analysing the drivers and constraints of irrigation systems in southern Africa. …”
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Food crop production, nutrient availability, and nutrient intakes in Bangladesh: Exploring the agriculture–nutrition nexus with the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey por Fiedler, John L.

“…Simple examples of how minor changes in the five most common cropping patterns could improve farming households' nutritional status are provided.Household surveys' agricultural modules can provide a useful tool for better understanding national nutrient production realities and possibilities.…”
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