Journal article
Aug 31 2015
Maternal willingness to pay for infant and young child nutrition counseling services in Viet Nam (Nguyen, P.H., 2015. Global Health Action)
Alive & Thrive (A&T) Viet Nam, developed and incorporated elements of social franchising into government health services to provide high-quality nutrition counseling services to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices.
Journal article
Dec 01 2014
Incorporating elements of social franchising in government health services improves the quality of infant and young child feeding counselling services at commune health centres in Viet Nam (Nguyen, P.H., 2014. Health Policy and Planning)
This study assessed the effects of incorporating social franchising on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling facilities and services.
Journal article
Nov 21 2014
Integrating a project monitoring system into a public health network: Experiences from Alive & Thrive Vietnam (Nguyen, T., 2015. Global Public Health)
This paper describes the Alive & Thrive Viet Nam (A&T) project experience in nesting a large-scale project monitoring system into the existing public health information system (e.g.
Report
Nov 14 2014
Research report: Formative research on infant and young child feeding in Viet Nam, phase 1 and phase 2
Summarizes methods and findings of a qualitative study in 2009 to identify current feeding practices and barriers to and facilitators of optimal practices, as well as summarizes findings from trials of improved practices conducted in 2010 to test the acceptability and feasibility of recommended f
Report
Nov 11 2014
Overview of the infant and young child feeding community-based support group model in Viet Nam
Provides the rationale for support groups, describes their design and implementation in Viet Nam, and summarizes lessons learned.
Report
Nov 07 2014
Identifying micronutrient gaps in the diets of breastfed 6-11-month-old infants
Presents the methodology and results of using linear programming to determine whether micronutrient needs could be met using only unfortified local foods in three countries, explores options for meeting these needs that includes fortified products, and compares the costs of the various scenarios.