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Book Synopsis Young Child Feeding Practices and Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana by : Christina A. Nti
Download or read book Young Child Feeding Practices and Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana written by Christina A. Nti and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study was conducted in the Manya Krobo district of Ghana with the objective of studying young child feeding practices and child nutrition situation in the area. The study was a cross-sectional survey involving 400 mothers with young children between 0 and 18 months. A combination of methods, including structured interviews using questionnaire, dietary assessment and anthropometry, was used to collect data for the study. The data obtained were analysed using spss version 10 in Windows. Means and standard deviations were generated for continuous variables and frequency distribution for categorical variables. The results revealed that although breastfeeding rates were high (97%), complementary feeding practices were less than ideal with as many as 14% of the children being introduced to complementary foods below the age of 3 months. The nutritional quality of complementary foods were poor and the prevalence of stunting among the children was high (20%). For adequate complementary feeding and improved child nutrition in this population, nutrition education intervention programmes aimed at improving nutrient intake among young children, through improved diet diversity and increased use of local foods rich in iron and other nutrients, need to be undertaken.
Book Synopsis Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana by : Bourdier, Tomoé
Download or read book Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana written by Bourdier, Tomoé and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather shocks and other shocks affecting the economy of farm households often trigger a cascade of coping mechanisms, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development. In polygynous households (in which a man is married to several women), the factors that may aggravate or mitigate the impacts of such adverse events are still poorly understood. In particular, little is known about the complex mechanisms through which women’s empowerment may affect the allocation of household resources in the presence of more than one female decision-maker. Where polygyny is associated with discriminatory social norms, co-wives may have limited bargaining power, which may translate into poorer outcomes for their children. While competition between co-wives may generate inefficiencies in the allocation of household resources, cooperation in the domains of agricultural production or domestic labor may lead to economies of scale and facilitate informal risk sharing. The rank of each co-wife may also have a strong influence on the welfare of her own children, relative to other children. Using the Feed the Future Ghana Population Survey data, I investigate the relationship between polygyny and children’s nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women’s bargaining power. Using the age of each co-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children’s nutrition outcomes.
Book Synopsis An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana by : Agartha Cofie
Download or read book An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana written by Agartha Cofie and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inappropriate complementary feeding (CF) practices and inadequate nutrient intakes contribute to the high level of malnutrition among children 6-24 months of age in Ghana. In communities where the economy is agricultural-based, interventions aimed at addressing malnutrition among infants and young children may need to focus on both food production and caregivers' nutrition knowledge. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a combined nutrition and agricultural education intervention, delivered through community health workers and agricultural extension agents, to improve infant and young child diet and growth in the Upper Manya Krobo district of Ghana. The current CF practices, and facilitators and barriers of CF education were identified through in-depth interviews of community health workers (n = 28) and staff of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (n = 3), as well as three focus group discussions with caregivers (n = 22) of children 6-24 months of age. The Trials of Improved Practices method was used to test the feasibility of potential nutrition education messages. This process guided the development of the subsequent intervention. A cluster-randomised study design was used to compare the feeding practices, nutrient intakes, and growth of infants and young children (n = 367) in two intervention groups (combined nutrition and agricultural education [IE], nutrition education only [NE]), and a control group [CT]. Each child's diet and anthropometric data, and household demographic and agricultural production information were collected at baseline and at three-month intervals for nine months. Food insecurity can influence the types and amounts of food that young children consume, which may then affect their nutritional status and health. Therefore, the level of household food insecurity during the pre-harvest season and its relation with infant morbidity and growth were also assessed (n = 333). The results indicate that in this rural setting, 21.6% of households experienced food insecurity in the previous month. Household food insecurity was associated with respiratory infections in the second half of infancy, but not with diarrhea or stunting. Inclusion of animal source products, fruits, and vegetables in young children's diet was not common in the area. Poverty and maternal time constraints, and lack of teaching materials and language barrier, were identified as challenges to optimal CF practices and provision of CF education, respectively. Almost half of intervention mothers (45%) never attended an education session. Children in the IE were twice as likely to meet the minimum meal frequency compared to the CT children (aOR = 2.62; 95% CI; 1.11, 6.16), but energy, vitamin A, calcium, and iron intakes from complementary foods, and growth indicators did not differ among the three groups. Additionally, children of mothers who attended at least one nutrition education session in the IE group tended to receive the minimum acceptable diet (aOR = 2.30, 95% CI; 0.98, 5.39, p = 0.055) compared to children in the CT group at the end of the study. There were no differences between the two intervention groups, and feeding practices among children in the NE group did not improve at the end of the study. Future education interventions will need to increase the involvement of participants at the development phase of interventions, as a way of improving participation among caregivers of infants and young children." --
Book Synopsis Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana by : Yvonne Goh
Download or read book Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana written by Yvonne Goh and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nutrition-sensitive agricultural (NSA) interventions use integrated approaches to improve rural nutrition. The Nutrition Links (NL) project was a multi-faceted nutrition-sensitive intervention in the Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) of Ghana. The NL project included an agriculture-education trial targeted at women with an infant 12 months and below, and a district-wide nutrition education intervention delivered through radio. This doctoral research included three studies within the context of the NL project. The dissertation objectives were to: (i) understand maternal time allocation to child care in the UMKD (ii) explore current caregiver’s infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices, and (iii) test the effect of a behaviour change campaign to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. The first study involved mother-child pairs in the NL agriculture-education trial. The intervention (NL-I) mothers received point-of-lay chickens, training on agriculture and home gardening, and nutrition education; the control (NL-C) mothers received standard government services. A subsample of mothers (74 NL-I and 69 NL-C) were observed at home by two field staff; one observed the mother and the other the child for 1 minute, every 5 minutes, for a total of 6 hours. The results showed that caregiving by the mother did not differ by treatment group (OR=1.07, 95% CI [0.89,1.28]). There was however a higher odds of any allocare (OR= 1.36, 95%CI [1.04, 1.79]) and, specifically, allocare by siblings who were less than 11 years old (25% vs 15%; p
Book Synopsis Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana by : Christina A. Nti
Download or read book Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana written by Christina A. Nti and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A six-month observational study involving 100 mothers with infants between the ages of 6 and 12months was conducted in the Manya Krobo district of Ghana. The objective was to assess the role of caregiver feeding behaviours on child nutritional status using a modified positive deviance approach. Each child was in the study for 6months, during which they were observed at home once a month. On each visit, data were collected on the child anthropometry, child meal frequency, diet diversity, responsiveness of caregiver during feeding, childs appetite and feeding atmosphere as well as caregiver hygienic practices related to feeding. Using weight-for-age (WAZ) and length-for-age (LAZ) scores, the children were classified as positive or negative deviant children. The study revealed significant differences between the two groups of children in terms of caregiver feeding behaviours. Positive deviant children had significantly higher meal frequencies (3.1±0.4 vs. 2.4±0.6, P=0.001), diet diversity scores (6.3±0.6 vs. 3.7±1.1, P=0.001), were fed under better hygienic conditions (7.2±0.9 vs. 4.2±1.1, P=0.001) and were much more interested in food during feeding (85.8% vs. 59.3%). Caregiver responsiveness during feeding was also significantly higher among the positive deviant group (6.5±0.8 vs. 4.5±0.9, P=0.001). This study has demonstrated the tremendous effect of caregiver feeding behaviours on child nutritional outcomes and provides a scientific basis for introducing care during feeding as a component of intervention to improve child nutritional status in Ghana.
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Book Synopsis Dietary assessment by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Dietary assessment written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAO provides countries with technical support to conduct nutrition assessments, in particular to build the evidence base required for countries to achieve commitments made at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) and under the 2016-2025 UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. Such concrete evidence can only derive from precise and valid measures of what people eat and drink. There is a wide range of dietary assessment methods available to measure food and nutrient intakes (expressed as energy insufficiency, diet quality and food patterns etc.) in diet and nutrition surveys, in impact surveys, and in monitoring and evaluation. Differenct indicators can be selected according to a study's objectives, sample population, costs and required precision. In low capacity settings, a number of other issues should be considered (e.g. availability of food composition tables, cultural and community specific issues, such as intra-household distribution of foods and eating from shared plates, etc.). This manual aims to signpost for the users the best way to measure food and nutrient intakes and to enhance their understanding of the key features, strengths and limitations of various methods. It also highlights a number of common methodological considerations involved in the selection process. Target audience comprises of individuals (policy-makers, programme managers, educators, health professionals including dietitians and nutritionists, field workers and researchers) involved in national surveys, programme planning and monitoring and evaluation in low capacity settings, as well as those in charge of knowledge brokering for policy-making.
Book Synopsis Infant and Young Child Feeding by : Fiona Dykes
Download or read book Infant and Young Child Feeding written by Fiona Dykes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting book, edited by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran and with a foreword from Gretel Pelto, explores in an integrated context the varied factors associated with infant and child nutrition, including global feeding strategies, cultural factors, issues influencing breastfeeding, and economic and life cycle influences
Book Synopsis Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition: Synopsis by : Yosef, Sivan
Download or read book Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition: Synopsis written by Yosef, Sivan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the world has seen unprecedented attention and political commitment to addressing malnutrition. Milestones such as the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the Lancet Maternal and Child Nutrition Series, and the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) have marked the rapid rise of nutrition on the global policy and research agenda. These developments reverse years of relative neglect for nutrition. Undernutrition is a global challenge with huge social and economic costs. It kills millions of young children annually, stunts growth, erodes child development, reduces the amount of schooling children attain, and increases the likelihood of their being poor as adults, if they survive. Stunting persists through a lifetime and beyond—underweight mothers are more likely to give birth to underweight children, perpetuating undernutrition across generations. Undernutrition reduces global gross domestic product by US$1.4–$2.1 trillion a year—the size of the total economy of Africa south of the Sahara.
Book Synopsis Is Feeding Style Associated with Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status in Ghanaian Children 1-3 Years of Age? by : Voke K. Kakpovbia
Download or read book Is Feeding Style Associated with Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status in Ghanaian Children 1-3 Years of Age? written by Voke K. Kakpovbia and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complementary Feeding written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a training resource that deals with the period prior to successful weaning when a child continues to receive breast milk but also needs increasing amounts of addtional complementary foods to ensure healthy development. It is intended as a practical learning tool for all those responsible for the health and nutrition of young children, particularly health and nutrition workers, and their trainers.
Book Synopsis The Impact of the Quality of Health Care on Children's Nutrition and Survival in Ghana by : Victor Lavy
Download or read book The Impact of the Quality of Health Care on Children's Nutrition and Survival in Ghana written by Victor Lavy and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the World Bank's experience in supporting developing country civil service reforms and begins to assess the progress made. The World Bank recognizes the importance of the civil service to the general welfare of the 4.6 billion people in low and middle income countries. Between 1981 and 1991, civil service reform was a prominent feature of 90 World Bank lending operations. This paper surveys the Bank's experience in supporting this reform and assesses the progress made. The lending operations concentrated on two separate dimensions: (1) Shorter-term, emergency steps to reform public pay and employment policies, which center on measures to contain the cost and the size of the civil service (2) longer-term civil service strengthening efforts directed toward ongoing, sustained management improvements. After examining the record of these reforms, the authors conclude that the results have been mixed at best. They recommend greater emphasis on devising a coherent, far-reaching strategy for reform and on detailing the set of tactics by which these goals will be achieved.
Book Synopsis Diarrhea and Malnutrition by : Lincoln Chen
Download or read book Diarrhea and Malnutrition written by Lincoln Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are several reasons why a consolidation of recent advances in our understanding of the interaction of diarrhea and malnutrition is indi cated and timely. It is now widely recognized that diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children of poor countries. Due to recent advances in laboratory and field diagnostic techniques, many of the previously unrecognized etiologic agents responsible for diarrhea have been identified, thereby providing new scientific knowledge for rational control strategies. Increasingly these advances suggest that the morbidity burden of diarrhea may be of equal, if not greater, public health consequence than mortality. Diarrhea only rarely causes disease severe enough to require institutionalized medical care. The vast major ity of diseases are of mild or moderate severity, and because of high prev alence, diarrhea imposes an enormous morbidity burden and exerts a sig nificant negative impact on child growth and development. Moreover, the effects of successive episodes of diarrhea are likely to be cumulative. In contrast to several other childhood infections, the treatment of the diarrheal diseases is feasible because it uses simple, effective, and low cost medical technologies. Within the context of these developments, there has been a major resurgence of international interest in, and commitment to, the control of the diarrheal diseases. The World Health Organization recently has launched a global program for the control of diarrhea, and simulta neously, an independent international research center on diarrhea has been established in Bangladesh.
Book Synopsis Evaluating the Implementation of Child Nutritional Policies by : Susana Erica Somuah
Download or read book Evaluating the Implementation of Child Nutritional Policies written by Susana Erica Somuah and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malnutrition is a global issue with major public health implications. Close to half of all child deaths in developing countries are attributed to malnutrition. Under-five mortality rate is persistently high in Ghana where mortality rates stand at 47.9 per 1000 live births. Malnutrition in early childhood results in physical and cognitive consequences with serious implications for health and economic development of nations. The Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition CMAM is a major strategy adopted by the Ministry of Health, Ghana, to address severe acute malnutrition in children. The program involves four key components: community mobilization which involved community engagement and active case finding using the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference tape, a supplementary feeding program, outpatient therapeutic care which manages children with severe acute malnutrition using the Ready-to-use therapeutic food and inpatient care for children with acute malnutrition with complications. Since its inception in Ghana, there has been improvement in the cure rate of severe acute malnutrition, however significant disparities exist with its implementation nationwide. The goal of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the CMAM, a key national strategy intended to improve the nutritional status of children. The study utilised qualitative case study methodology to examine the implementation of the program. Twelve professional key informants and 24 mothers were purposively selected and interviewed. Observations were made at two nutritional centers, the Princess Marie Louis Hospital in Accra and the Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern region of Ghana, and relevant documents were reviewed. Data generated from interviews were subject to content analysis. Six interconnecting strands emerged from the data synthesis and analysis of the policy implementation process: collaboration and stakeholder connections, funding and logistic nuances, human resource and capacity building, implementation dynamics, appraising the process and Beneficiary experiences. The study found that implementation of the CMAM program was fraught with several challenges including lack of funding and inadequate supply of logistics. There was incomplete program coverage which led to caregivers traveling long distances to access service, inadequate staffing and insufficient volunteers affected case search and follow up aspects of the program. Recommendations are made for the CMAM program to be incorporated into the National Health Insurance Scheme in order to maintain a sustainable source of funding for program implementation. Local production of the CMAM supplements may curb the problem of shortages in the supply of the supplements. Healthcare workers need to intensify education about child feeding practices. The study generates new insights that will inform future policies and programing for child nutrition in Ghana.
Book Synopsis Improving Diets and Nutrition by : Brian Thompson
Download or read book Improving Diets and Nutrition written by Brian Thompson and published by CABI. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches towards hunger and malnutrition are effective, sustainable and long-term solutions. This book discusses the policy, strategic, methodological, technical and programmatic issues associated with such approaches, proposes “best practices” for the design, targeting, implementation and evaluation of specific nutrition-sensitive, food-based interventions and for improved methodologies for evaluating their efficacy and cost-effectiveness, and provides practical lessons for advancing nutrition-sensitive food-based approaches for improving nutrition at policy and programme level.
Book Synopsis Nurturing young children through responsive feeding: thematic brief by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Nurturing young children through responsive feeding: thematic brief written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responsive feeding is part of nurturing care and an essential aspect of adequate childhood nutrition and responsive caregiving. This brief is organized around five key messages and is intended for an audience involved in the design, management, and implementation of maternal and child health and nutrition programmes and services.
Book Synopsis Feeding India's babies: Trends and patterns in infant and young child feeding practices across India's states and districts by : Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Download or read book Feeding India's babies: Trends and patterns in infant and young child feeding practices across India's states and districts written by Nguyen, Phuong Hong and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate nutrition during early life, coming mainly from adequate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, is essential for optimal growth and development. This Data Note describes the trends and patterns in key IYCF practices and food consumption patterns among children, summarizing state and district data from the third and fourth rounds of National Family Health Surveys (2006 & 2016).
Book Synopsis Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition by :
Download or read book Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition written by and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2009 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report offers a rationale for urgently scaling up effective interventions to reduce the global burden of child and maternal undernutrition. It provides information on nutrition strategies and progress made by programmes, based on the most recent data available. The success stories and lessons leaned that are described in the publication demonstrate that reducing undernutrition is entirely feasible. The report presents detailed, up-to-date information on nutritional status, programme implementation and related indicators for the 24 countries where 80 per cent of the world’s stunted children live. While this report is a call to action for these 24 high-burden countries, it also highlights the need for accelerated efforts to reduce undernutrition in all countries.
