Search Results - children’s health

Child labor and schooling responses to production and health shocks in northern Mali by Dillon, Andrew

“…This paper investigates children's time allocation to schooling, home production, and market production using a unique data set collected from northern Mali. …”
Get full text

A One Health approach to child stunting: Evidence and research agenda by Gharpure, R., Mor, Siobhan M., Viney, M., Hodobo, T., Lello, J., Siwila, J., Dube, K., Robertson, R.C., Mutasa, K., Berger, C.N., Hirai, M., Brown, T., Ntozini, R., Evans, C., Hoto, P., Smith, L.E., Tavengwa, N.V., Joyeux, M., Humphrey, J.H., Berendes, D., Prendergast, A.J.

“…We contend that a One Health strategy may uncover new approaches to tackling child stunting by addressing several interdependent factors that prevent children from thriving in LMICs, and that coordinated interventions among humans, animals, and environmental health sectors may have a synergistic effect in stunting reduction.…”
Get full text

Technical Report: Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health and Nutrition by Duante, Charmaine A., Austria, Rovea Ernazelle G., Borigas, John Michael E., Acuin, Cecilia S.

“…Its geographic location and economic situation makes the Philippines highlyvulnerable to impacts of climate change and extreme weather events that cause considerable disruptions to food systems, affecting food security, nutrition and health especially of the most vulnerable groups. This study aims to assess the effects of exposure to extreme weather conditions, classified as natural disasters, on the proportion of households meeting the recommended energy intake (REI), and the prevalences of stunting and wasting among children under-five years old, chronic energy deficiency (CED) among lactating mothers and elderly adults and nutritionally at-risk pregnant women. …”
Get full text

Biofortification, crop adoption and health information: Impact pathways in Mozambique and Uganda by de Brauw, Alan, Eozenou, Patrick, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hotz, Christine, Kumar, Neha, Meenakshi, J.V.

Get full text

Status of nutrition in Nepal: Trends in outcomes, determinants and coverage of interventions between 2016 and 2022 by Kapoor, Rati, Gupta, Monali, Gune, Soyra, Christopher, Anita, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Neupane, Sumanta, Thapa, Lila Bikram, Ghale, Yamuna, Ratanapruck, Prista, Rana, Pooja Pandey, Cunningham, Kenda, Saville, Naomi, Avula, Rasmi

“…This Country Profile describes the trends in key nutrition outcomes, their determinants, and coverage of nutrition and health interventions during critical life stages for women and children in Nepal at the national and province level. …”
Get full text

Indicators of family care for development for use in multicountry surveys by Kariger, Patricia K., Frongillo, Edward A., Engle, Patrice L., Britto, Pia M. Rebello, Sywulka, Sara M., Menon, Purnima

Get full text

How a school milk program is fighting hunger in Yemen | From fragility to stability by Goldberg, Mark Leon, Qasem, Adeeb, Bliznashka, Lilia

Get full text

Guidebook on the basic nutrition education for health workers and extension workers in Bangladesh by Nahar, Kamrun, Ali, Hazrat, Khondker, Murshed-E-Jahan, Biswas, Ashutosh, Jaman, Ahmed, Rashid, Harun

“…This training guidebook is a valuable resource for the community health workers and extension workers, offering comprehensive insights into the fundamental principles of nutrition. …”
Get full text

COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima, Wang, Michael

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major disruptions in preventive health and nutrition services around the world, posing particular risks for vulnerable groups such as young children and pregnant women. …”
Get full text

Modality of food transfer, uptake of services and low birth weight: Evidence from Integrated Child Development Services in India by Minocha, Sumedha

Get full text

Demand for healthier and higher-priced processed foods in low-income communities: Experimental evidence from Mexico City by Dominguez-Viera, Marcos E., Berg, Marrit van den, Donovan, Jason A., Pérez Luna, Miriam E., Ospina Rojas, Diana, Handgraaf, Michel

Subjects: “…health…”
Get full text

Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making by Bernard, Tanguy, Doss, Cheryl R., Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoel, Jessica B., Kieran, Caitlin

Subjects: “…health…”
Get full text

Improving child nutrition and development through preschools in Malawi by Gelli, Aulo, Margolies, Amy, Santacroce, Marco, Twalibu, Aisha, Roschnik, Natalie, Chidalengwa, George, Phiri, Peter, Moestue, Helen, Katundu, Mangani

Subjects: “…preschool children…”
Get full text

Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: Evidence from South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi

Subjects: “…children…”
Get full text

Age-appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are associated with child nutrition in India: Insights from nationally representative data by Menon, Purnima, Bamezai, Apurva, Subandoro, Ali, Ayoya, Mohamed Ag, Aguayo, Victor

“…The objective of this paper was to examine the associations between age‐appropriate IYCF practices and child nutrition outcomes in India using data from ∼18 463 children of 0–23.9 months old from India's National Family Health Survey, 2005–06‐3. …”
Get full text

Biofortification, crop adoption, and health information: impact pathways in Mozambique and Uganda by de Brauw, Alan, Eozenou, Patrick, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hotz, Christine, Kumar, Neha, Meenakshi, Jonnalagadda V.

“…In both countries, projects randomly assigned interventions of different cost and intensity to distribute OFSP vines, train households to grow OFSP, and disseminate the health benefits of vitamin A. We compare the impact of the interventions within and across the two countries on OFSP adoption, knowledge about vitamin A, and dietary intake of vitamin A by children, and use causal mediation analysis (Imai et al. 2011) to examine the impact pathways on vitamin A consumption. …”
Get full text

Ethiopia Alive & Thrive Endline Survey 2014: Health Extension Workers by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset is the result of the health extension workers (HEW) survey that was conducted to gather data for the endline part of the impact evaluation of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) interventions in Ethiopia. …”
Get full text

Ethiopia Alive & Thrive Baseline Survey 2010: Health Extension Workers by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In the Health Extension Program (HEP), the key frontline health workers (FHWs) are the health extension workers (HEWs). …”
Get full text

Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands by Hayman, Ann, Singh, Pragya, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Katz, Stefano, Matairakula, Ulamila, MacKay, Clarissa, Horsey, Bridget, Underhill, Steven, Kama, Ateca, Maelaua, Josephine, Demei, Brynn, Mitchell, Arlene, Nyangmi, Mamta, Taaweitia, Tebwaatoki, Tekatu, Tabera, Hunter, Danny

“…Alongside changes in diet and health outcomes, there is a loss of traditional and sociocultural dimensions of food, resulting in poor quality diets in many P.I. populations, including children. …”
Get full text

Toward more nutritious diets for young children in southern Bangladesh: Assessing the contribution of Community Nutrition Scholars and identifying constraints to utilization of ora... by Prain, Gordon

“…The FGDs aimed to understand whether the participation by mothers in the CNS training program resulted in changes in mothers’ and fathers’ knowledge and behavior that in turn contributed to children’s improved nutrition and health. The study also examined what were the specific constraints and opportunities involved in the utilization of OFSP as a nutritional food for young children.…”
Get full text