Resultados de búsqueda - children’s health

Anemia in Indian men predicts fewer work hours and lower earnings: Evidence from nationally representative health and labor surveys por Scott, Samuel P., Pant, Anjali, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Alderman, Harold, Yadav, Kapil, Menon, Purnima

“…Anemia is globally recognized as an important public health problem in women and children, thus the consequences of anemia have predominantly been described in these two groups. …”
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Assessing Mbiotisho: A smartphone application used to collect high‐frequency health and nutrition data from difficult‐to‐reach populations por Jensen, Nathaniel D., Lepariyo, Watson, Alulu, Vincent, Sibanda, S., Kiage, B.N.

“…There is an urgent need for improved and timely health and nutrition data. We developed and tested a smartphone application that caregivers from a pastoral population used to measure, record and submit high‐frequency and longitudinal health and nutrition information on themselves and their children. …”
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Motivation Matters: Lessons for REDD+ Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification from Three Decades of Child Health Participatory Monitoring in Indonesia por Ekowati, D., Hofstee, C., Praputra, A.V., Sheil, D.

“…Posyandu activities focus on the growth and development of children under the age of five by recording their height and weight and reporting these monthly to the Ministry of Health. …”
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Women and men farmer perceptions of economic and health benefits of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi por Mudege, Netsayi N., Mayanja, S., Muzhingi, T.

“…Men and women are receptive to health and nutrition based promotion messages. Health benefits included increased energy to work, for sex, improved health, general wellbeing and cognitive development for children. …”
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Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: Socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey por Domínguez Salas, Paula, Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Dohoo, I.R., Colverson, Kathleen E., Kimani-Murage, E.W., Alonso, Silvia, Ferguson, E., Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan, Grace, Delia

“…Background In sub-Saharan Africa, urban informal settlements are rapidly expanding, leading to overcrowding and constituting challenging environments for food and water supplies, health and nutrition. The study objectives were to characterise and compare two low-income areas of Nairobi according to socioeconomic (including livestock and gender) indicators and the nutritional status of non-pregnant women of reproductive age and 1 to 3 year-old children; and to investigate socioeconomic predictors of malnutrition in these areas. …”
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Consumption patterns and perceived health benefits of underutilized legumes among women in selected local government areas of Niger State, Nigeria por Udofia, F.A., Adepoju, O.T., Chata, D.M., Oyatomi, O.A., Abberton, M.T.

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Is respectful care provided by community health workers associated with infant feeding practices? A cross sectional analysis from India por Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Gopalakrishnan, Lakshmi, Walker, Dilys, Fernald, Lia, Menon, Purnima, Patil, Sumeet R.

“…Methods We use data from evaluation of an at-scale mHealth intervention in India that serves as a job aid to the CHWs (n = 3266 mothers of children < 12 m from 841 villages in 2 Indian states). …”
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Impacts of COVID-19 on provision and utilization of health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India: Insights from phone surveys and administrative data por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Pant, Anjali, Tran, Lan Mai, Walia, Monika, Ghosh, Sebanti, Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Escobar-Alegria, Jessica, Menon, Purnima, Avula, Rasmi

“…Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has significant potential implications for health systems, but little primary evidence is available on effects on health and nutrition services. …”
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A prepandemic nutrition-sensitive social protection program has sustained benefits for food security and diet diversity in Myanmar during a severe economic crisis por Maffioli, Elisa M., Headey, Derek D., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Oo, Than Zaw, Zaw, Nicholus Tint

Materias: “…child health…”
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Haptoglobin, alpha-thalassaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase polymorphisms and risk of abnormal transcranial Doppler among patients with sickle cell anaemia in Tanzania por Cox, S.E., Makani, J., Soka, D., L'Esperance, V.S., Kija, E., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Newton, C.R.J., Birch, A.A., Prentice, A.M., Kirkham, F.J.

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Serological and spatial analysis of alphavirus and flavivirus prevalence and risk factors in a rural community in western Kenya por Grossi-Soyster, E.N., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Glanville, William A. de, Thomas, Lian F., Krystosik, A.R., Lee, J., Wamae, C.N., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M., LaBeaud, A.D.

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Viet Nam Alive & Thrive Baseline Survey 2010: Facility Assessment por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The goal of A&T is to reduce avoidable death and disability due to suboptimal IYCF in the developing world by increasing exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) until 6 months of age and reducing the stunting of children under two years of age. A&T applied principles of social franchising within the government health system to deliver the interventions. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with Campylobacter infection in diarrheal patients in Busia County, Kenya por Ouko, T.T., Nyerere, A.K., Njeru, J.M., Fèvre, Eric M., Kariuki, S.

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

“…Based on a comparison of siblings, this analysis concludes that improving children’s health significantly lowers the age when they start school, increases grade attainment, and decreases grade repetition in the early stage of schooling. …”
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A&T Bangladesh Urban Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2022: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Case Observation por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…What are the impacts of standardized and upgraded MIYCN counseling services on the behaviors of clients including pregnant women and mothers of children? 2. Is it feasible to standardize the delivery of MIYCN counseling services in existing urban health facilities? …”
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Seasonality: A missing link in preventing undernutrition por Baye, Kaleab, Hirvonen, Kalle

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Care and nutrition: concepts and measurement por Engle, Patrice L., Menon, Purnima, Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…This provision of time, attention, and support is manifest in certain types of behaviors exhibited by caregivers (typically women) : (1) care for pregnant and lactating women, such as providing appropriate rest time or increased food intake; (2) breast-feeding and feeding of very young children; (3) psychosocial stimulation of children and support for their development; (4) food preparation and food storage behaviors; (5) hygiene behaviors; and (6) care for children during illness, including diagnosis of illness and health-seeking behaviors (Engle 1992). …”
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The power of school feeding programmes to improve nutrition por Alderman, Harold, Chakrabarti, Suman, Gilligan, Daniel O., Menon, Purnima, Scott, Samuel P.

“…Based on data from the National Family Health Survey and National Sample Survey, this article shows if a mother was a beneficiary of MDM during schooling, there is a 20-30% reduction in height deficits of her children.…”
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2016 Global Hunger Index Data por International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe, Concern Worldwide

“…Child wasting and stunting: The child undernutrition indicators of the GHI—child wasting and child stunting—include data from the joint database of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank, and additional data from WHO's continuously updated Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition; the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) reports; and statistical tables from UNICEF. …”
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Biofortification: Leveraging Agriculture to Reduce Hidden Hunger por Bouis, Howarth E., Islam, Yassir

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