Resultados de búsqueda - "cognitive"

Measuring women's empowerment in national surveys: Development of the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) por Seymour, Greg, Heckert, Jessica, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Malapit, Hazel J., Paz, Florencia, Faas, Simone, Myers, Emily, Doss, Cheryl, Sinharoy, Sheela S., Cheong, Yuk Fai, Yount, Kathryn M., Hassan, Md. Zahidul, Hassan, Md. Imrul, Sharma, Sudhindra, Pokhrel, Pankaj, Sagastume, Mónica Dardón, Kanyanda, Shelton S. E., Vundru, Wilbert D., Moylan, Heather

“…In this paper, we describe the development and testing of WEMNS and its components, including: (1) WEMNS's distinctiveness from other empowerment metrics; (2) the iterative approach used to develop and pilot the WEMNS module in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal, using cognitive interviewing, phone surveys, and face-to-face surveys; (3) analysis of quantitative pilot data; and (4) a summary of the findings from the cognitive interviewing. …”
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Measuring food fortification coverage in household surveys: Formative research findings from Bangladesh and Ethiopia por Scott, Samuel P., Myers, Emily, Jungjohann, Svenja, Manohar, Swetha, Neupane, Sumanta, Banerjee, Archis, Berhane, Hanna, Workneh, Firehiwot, Ferdaweke, Fiker, Zaman, Zubayer Ibn, Salsabil, Nishat, Billah, Sk Masum, Lotus, Sharif Uddin, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Kim, Sunny S.

“…Modifications to the FACT survey items reduced cognitive errors. A set of four questions can capture household coverage of food vehicle and fortifiable food vehicle use. …”
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Associations between exposure to nutrition, WASH interventions and children’s academic performance in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis por Adugna, Yimer Mihretie, Ayelign, Abebe, Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…Background Poor nutrition and inadequate WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) practices significantly impact children’s health, nutrition, and cognitive development, especially in low-income settings. …”
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Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) por CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…It was validated using a combination of cognitive interviewing and qualitative and quantitative analysis based on pilot testing in Bangladesh, Philippines, Benin, and Malawi. …”
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Nutritional, social, and environmental predictors of scholastic and psychosocial outcomes in school-going Indian adolescents: Findings from the UDAYA study (OR32-07-19) por Scott, Samuel P., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Pant, Anjali, Menon, Purnima

“…Multiple factors shape cognitive wellbeing during adolescence, thus we sought to take a holistic approach in examining factors related to mental outcomes among Indian adolescents.…”
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Evidence of impact of interventions on growth and development during early and middle childhood por Alderman, Harold, Behrman, Jere R., Glewwe, Paul, Fernald, Lia, Walker, Susan P.

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Biofortification Prioritization Index (BPI) por HarvestPlus

“…Lack of these and other micronutrients impairs cognitive and physical development and increases vulnerability to infectious diseases, especially among children and women.…”
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Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia por Fafchamps, Marcel, Kebede, Bereket, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…The relative nutrition of spouses is associated with differences in cognitive ability, independent income and asset devolution upon divorce. …”
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Pregnancy pesticide exposure and child development in low- and middle-income countries: A prospective analysis of a birth cohort in rural Bangladesh and meta-analysis por Bliznashka, Lilia, Roy, Aditi, Christiani, David C., Calafat, Antonia M., Ospina, Maria, Diao, Nancy, Mazumdar, Maitreyi, Jaacks, Lindsay M.

“…Pregnancy 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPY) concentrations were inversely associated with cognitive development, but the association was small: -0.02 points (-0.04, 0.01). …”
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Factores que influyen en las decisiones de los productores agropecuarios para la adopción de prácticas de conservación de suelo y agua y su relación con la pobreza en las microcuen... por Martínez Cano, Abner R.

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A framework for physical growth and child development por Alderman, Harold, Behrman, Jere R., Glewwe, Paul

“…It is widely recognized that there is a continuum of physical growth and social-emotional and cognitive development across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. …”
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Mental models in the perception of the relationship between climate and production systems in Caquetá, Colombia por Lopez, Maria Claudia, Alvarez, Javier, Rodriguz, Luz Angela, Vanegas Cubillos, Martha

“…Mental models are the representations that cognitive systems create to interpret the environment and its different functions, constituting a strategy that allows us to understand the knowledge that different human groups may have about the causes, consequences, and solutions to specific problems.…”
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The potential of genetically modified food crops to improve human nutrition in developing countries por Bouis, Howarth E.

“…Because of poor dietary quality and consequent widespread micronutrient malnutrition in low income countries, children and their mothers, who have higher requirements for vitamins and minerals due to rapid growth and reproduction respectively, have higher mortality, become sick more often, have their cognitive abilities compromised for a lifetime, and are less productive members of the workforce. …”
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Investigating market-based opportunities for the provision of nutritious and safe diets to prevent childhood stunting: a UKRI-GCRF action against stunting hub protocol paper por Cooper, G.S., Davies-Kershaw, H., Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Fahmida, U., Faye, B., Ferguson, E., Grace, Delia, Häsler, B.N., Kadiyala, S., Konapur, A., Kulkarni, B., Prakashbabu, B.C., Pramesthi, I.L., Rowland, D., Selvaraj, K., Sudibya, A.R.P., Tine, R.C., Yadav, D.M.D., Zahra, N.L., Shankar, B., Heffernan, C.

“…The tool will be validated through pretesting using cognitive interviewing and piloting in purposively sampled households, 10 (cognitive interviewing) and 30 (piloting) households in each country; (2) stakeholder interviews (e.g., with producers, intermediaries and retailers) will be conducted to map out nutrition-sensitive entry points of key value chains (e.g., animal-sourced foods), before hotspots of potential food safety hazards will be identified from food samples collected along the chains; (3) the Optifood and Agrifood tools will be used to identify foods that can address food system nutrient gaps and engage key stakeholders to prioritise market interventions to improve nutrition outcomes. …”
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Maternal hemoglobin concentrations across pregnancy and child health and development from birth through 6-7 years por Young, Melissa F., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Khuong, Long Quynh, Tandon, Sonia, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Conclusion: Maternal Hb trajectories during pregnancy are associated with child Hb concentrations across the first 1,000 days, but not with birth outcomes or later cognitive functioning. More work is needed to better understand and interpret changes in Hb levels during pregnancy especially in resource poor settings.…”
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The economic returns to nutrition-specific investments in Southern Asia and Africa South of the Sahara por Haile, Beliyou, Arndt, Channing, Ru, Yating, Alderman, Harold, Puett, Chloe

“…It increases the risk of impaired brain development with implications for cognitive and non-cognitive functions, educational performance, productivity, and chronic diseases later in life. …”
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Welfare implications on management strategies for rearing dairy calves: A systematic review. Part 2-Social management por Carulla, Patricia, Villagrá, Arantxa, Estellés, Fernando, Blanco-Penedo, Isabel

“…In conclusion, all the information shows that social housing has improved animal welfare from affective states, cognitive judgment, and natural living spheres. However, gaps in research were identified in relation to the optimal time to separate the calf from the mother, the optimal time to group with conspecifics after birth and group size. …”
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Preconception micronutrient supplementation positively affects child intellectual functioning at 6 y of age: A randomized controlled trial in Vietnam por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Young, Melissa F., Tran, Lan Mai, Khương, Long Quỳnh, Duong, Thai Hong

“…Although there is growing evidence on the role of preconception nutrition for birth outcomes, very few studies have evaluated the long-term effects of nutrition interventions during the preconception period on offspring cognitive outcomes.…”
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Temporary and permanent migrant selection: Theory and evidence of ability‐search cost dynamics por Chen, Joyce J., Kosec, Katrina, Mueller, Valerie

“…Consistent with our stylized model, we show that temporary migrants are intermediately selected on education, with weaker selection on cognitive ability. In contrast, permanent migration is associated with strong positive selection on both education and ability, as it involves finer employee–employer matching and offers greater returns to experience. …”
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2014 IFPRI Annual report por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The scope of impact is staggering: a lack of nourishment can lead to a lifetime of challenges, including stunted cognitive development, which can be passed on to future generations. …”
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