Search Results - children’s health

Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions by Hunter, D., Giyose, B., PoloGalante, A., Tartanac, Florence, Bundy, D., Mitchell, Arlene, Moleah, T., Friedrich, J., Alderman, Harold, Drake, Lesley, Kupka, Roland, Marshall, Quinn, Engesveen, K., Oenema, Stineke

“…This paper asserts that schools offer a unique platform from which to realize multiple benefits for children and their communities, while helping to achieve the SDGs. …”
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Assessment of fungal toxins in the dairy value chain and potential risk to human health in Kenya by Kirino, Y., Lindahl, Johanna F., Makita, K., Grace, Delia

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Progress in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) coverage and potential contribution to the decline in diarrhea and stunting in Ethiopia by Girma, Meron, Hussein, Alemayehu, Norris, Tom, Genye, Tirsit, Tessema, Masresha, Bossuyt, Anne, van Zyl, Cornelia

“…We used data from the four rounds of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey and applied the new World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) service standards to assess progress in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage between 2000 and 2016. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3b: Examining linkages between climate change and food systems by Nihal, Saif, Salman, Verda, Bakshi, Bhawani, Makhijani, Drishti, Shrestha, Aroja M., Ali, Hazrat, Khondker, Murshed-e-Jahan, Shakya, Prakriti, Sharma, Anjali, Babu, Swati Sinha

“…Saif Nihal, PhD scholar, International Institute for Population Sciences Climate Change and Food Security Across Agro-Ecological Zones of Pakistan Verda Salman, Associate Professor, National University of Sciences and Technology Climate Change, Food Systems, and Nutrition: A One Health Rapid Review Bhawani Bakshi, Independent Consultant Integrating Climate and Nutrition Action in India: A Comprehensive Assessment of Policy and Programmatic Pathways Drishti Makhijani, Consultant, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Drought-Induced Food Insecurity in Nepal: The Role of ‘Emergency Loan’ as an Adaptation Strategy Aroja Masal Shrestha, Researcher, Inclusive Development Partners Rapid-fire presentations Evaluating the impact of climate change on agrifood production and dietary diversity in southern Bangladesh Hazrat Ali, Research Fellow, WorldFish Impact of Temperature on Children’s Nutrition: A Study of Three Ecological Regions of Nepal Prakriti Shakya, Research Associate, University of Notre Dame Spatial Heterogeneities in the impact of climate change on child health and nutrition in India: An Agroecological approach Anjali Sharma, Ph.D. …”
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Modified Relative Dose Response (MRDR) Survey by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…The respondents include children under 5 and Women of Reproductive Age (WRA). …”
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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2017: Accredited Social Health Activist by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey comprised 7 questionnaires: 1) Household questionnaire for recently delivered women (RDW) with children <6 months of age, 2) Household questionnaire for pregnant women (PW) of the second and third trimester of pregnancy (with detailed dietary recall), 3) Household questionnaire for husbands of PWs and husbands of RDWs, 4) Household questionnaire for mothers/mothers-in-law of PWs and mothers/mothers-in-law of RDWs, 5) Frontline health workers: Anganwadi workers (AWW), 6) Frontline health workers: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), and 7) Frontline health workers: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM). …”
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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Supervisors of Frontline Health Workers by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey comprised 11 questionnaires: 1) Household questionnaire for recently delivered women (RDW) with children <6 months of age, 2) Household questionnaire for pregnant women (PW) of the second and third trimester of pregnancy (with detailed dietary recall), 3) Household questionnaire for husbands of PWs and husbands of RDWs, 4) Household questionnaire for mothers/mothers-in-law of PWs and mothers/mothers-in-law of RDWs, 5) Frontline health workers: Anganwadi workers (AWW), 6) Frontline health workers: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), 7) Frontline health workers: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), 8) Frontline health workers: Supervisor (SUP), 9) Observation: AWW, 10) Observation: ASHA, and 11) Observation: ANM. …”
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Community-based development of agricultural activities aiming to improve dietary diversity in Western Kenya [poster] by Boedecker, J., Termote, Céline, Kennedy, G.

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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Accredited Social Health Activists by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The endline survey comprised 11 questionnaires: 1) Household questionnaire for recently delivered women (RDW) with children <6 months of age, 2) Household questionnaire for pregnant women (PW) of the second and third trimester of pregnancy (with detailed dietary recall), 3) Household questionnaire for husbands of PWs and husbands of RDWs, 4) Household questionnaire for mothers/mothers-in-law of PWs and mothers/mothers-in-law of RDWs, 5) Frontline health workers: Anganwadi workers (AWW), 6) Frontline health workers: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), 7) Frontline health workers: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), 8) Frontline health workers: Supervisor (SUP), 9) Observation: AWW, 10) Observation: ASHA, and 11) Observation: ANM. …”
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Ethiopia Alive & Thrive Process Evaluation Survey 2013: Supervisors of Health Extension Workers by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset is the result of the supervisors of health extension workers survey that was conducted to gather data for the process evaluation part of the impact evaluation of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) interventions in Ethiopia. …”
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Infant-level and child-level predictors of mortality in low-resource settings: The WHO Child Mortality Risk Stratification Multi-Country Pooled Cohort by Ahmed, Tahmeed, Ali, Waseem, Argaw, Alemayehu, Bahl, Rajiv, Bailey, Jeanette, Baqui, Abdullah, Becquey, Elodie, Berkley, James A., Brown, Kenneth, Chisti, Mohammed Jobayer, Chowdhury, Ranadip, Diallo, Hama A., Duggan, Christopher, Evans, Denise, Fawzi, Wafaie, Goga, Ameena, Grais, Rebecca, Guindo, Ousmane, Hamer, David, Hess, Sonja, Huybregts, Lieven, Isanaka, Sheila, Jehan, Fyezah, Kabakyenga, Jerome, Kabore, Patrick, Kaldenbach, Siri, Kerac, Marko, Khan, Md. Alfazal, Khanam, Rasheda, Kissoon, Niranjan, Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Lachat, Carl, LaGrone, Lacey, Le Port, Agnes, Lelijveld, Natasha, Leroy, Jef L., Mahfuz, Mustafa, Manary, Mark, Manji, Karim P., Marconi, Sam, McGrath, Marie, Mohan, Venkata Raghava, Moore, Sophie, Mugisha, Nathan Kenya, Mupere, Ezekiel, Mwaringa, Shalton, Natarajan, Sindhu Kulandaipalayam, Ngari, Moses, Nisar, Imran, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Olney, Deanna K., Ouedraogo, Jean-Bosco, Prentice, Andrew, Prost, Audrey, Roberfroid, Dominique, Rockers, Peter, Rollins, Nigel, Ruel, Marie T., Saleem, Ali, Sazawal, Sunil, Schwinger, Catherine, Singa, Benson, Stobaugh, Heather, Strand, Tor A., Timbwa, Molly, Toe, Laéticia Céline, Trehan, Indi, Trilok-Kumar, Geeta, Voskuijl, Wieger, Walson, Judd L., Wang, Dongqing, Wiens, Matthew

“…Current guidelines for the care of paediatric patients in low-resource settings mostly focus on broad clinical syndromes or undernutrition rather than children's individual contextualised risk. We aimed to identify readily assessable child-level characteristics that can predict mortality risk in a range of community and health-care settings in high-burden settings. …”
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Ethiopia Alive & Thrive Process Evaluation Survey 2013: Volunteer Community Health Promoters by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Volunteers include all kind of volunteers working on promoting health and nutrition such as volunteer community health promoter (VCHP), health development agent (HAD), development agent (DA), health animator etc. …”
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MoreMilk project - Baseline and Endline Household survey including 24-hour food consumption recall for index child by Alonso, Silvia, Grace, Delia, Leroy, Jef L., Angel, Moira Donahue, Giordano, Palloni, Kilonzi, Emily

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Multi-level participatory approaches to mobilize dietary diversity for improved infant and young child feeding in banana-based agri-food systems of rural East Africa by Ekesa, B., Nabuuma, D., Mpiira, S., Johnson, V., Nkuba, D., Kennedy, G., Staver, Charles

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Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi in Meghalaya, North-East India by Chyne, D.A.L., Meshram, I.I., Rajendran, A., Kodali, V., Getti, N., Roy, P., Kuhnlein, H.V., Longvah, T.

“…The prevalence in children of underweight was 31%, stunting was 57%, and wasting was 10%. …”
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Evaluating preschool linear growth velocities: an interim reference illustrated in Nepal by Manohar, Swetha, Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew Lucian, Shrestha, Binod, Adhikari, Ramesh Kant, KC, Angela, Bhattarai, Abhigyna, West Jr., Keith Parker

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Effect of iron and zinc-biofortified pearl millet consumption on growth and immune competence in children aged 12–18 months in India: study protocol for a randomised controlled tri... by Mehta, Saurabh, Finkelstein, Julia L., Venkatramanan, Sudha, Huey, Samantha L., Udipi, Shobha, et al.

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of the consumption of foods prepared with iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet (FeZn-PM) by children on biomarkers of iron and zinc status, growth, and immune function.We will conduct a randomised controlled feeding trial in identified slums of Mumbai, India among 200 children aged between 12 and 18 months. …”
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A proof-of-concept randomised controlled trial of an intervention designed to improve food hygiene behaviours among caregivers of young children living in low-income areas of Nairo... by Watson, J., Okumu, Noah O., Wasonga, Joseph O., Majiwa, Hamilton, Kiarie, Alice, Masudi, Sherril P., Ochieng, Linnet, Alumasa, Lorren, Mutisya, Christine, Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Cumming, O.

“…Young children are particularly vulnerable to foodborne disease due to their immature immune systems. …”
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COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs by Kalbarczyk, Anna, Aberman, Noora-Lisa, van Asperen, Bregje S. M., Morgan, Rosemary, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Carducci, Bianca, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Osendarp, Saskia, Kumar, Neha, Lartey, Anna, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Fabrizio, Cecilia

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A&T Ethiopia Complementary Feeding Baseline Survey 2015: Health Development Army Team Leaders by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey applied four structured questionnaires: (1) household questionnaire and anthropometric measurements of children and mothers, (2) community questionnaire, (3) frontline worker questionnaire: Health extension worker (HEW), and (4) Frontline worker questionnaire: Health development army team leader (HDATL). …”
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