Report
Oct 28 2014
Adding micronutrient powders to an integrated food security and nutrition project to further reduce malnutrition in Nepal
The goal of this project is to examine the impact on anemia prevalence among young children of providing an enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) program with or without micronutrient powders (MNP).
Report
Oct 28 2014
mHealth and Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative for breastfeeding
Cell phone-based breastfeeding counseling, coupled with retraining of hospital staff in the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, increased rates of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in India.
Report
Oct 27 2014
Small grants program: Breastfeeding clubs and mHealth for breastfeeding support - Honduras
This project consisted of a randomized trial was designed to examine the effect of breastfeeding (BF) support provided through BF clubs and cell phones on BF rates among 500 adolescent mothers in Honduras.
Journal article
Oct 14 2014
Small grants program: Scripted messages delivered by nurses and radio changed beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors regarding infant and young child feeding in Mexico
This study aimed to evaluate whether an infant and young child feeding (IYCF) nutrition communication strategy using nurses deliverable radio messages changed beliefs, attitudes, social norms, intentions, and behaviors related to breastfeeding (BF), dietary diversity, and food consistency.
Journal article
May 08 2014
Small grant: Integrating group counseling, cell phone messaging, and participant-generated songs and dramas into a microcredit program increases Nigerian women's adherence to international breastfeeding recommendations
In northern Nigeria, interventions are urgently needed to narrow the large gap between international breastfeeding recommendations and actual breastfeeding practices.
Journal article
May 01 2014
Linear growth increased in young children in an urban slum of Haiti: a randomized controlled trial of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (Iannotti I., 2014. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
The aim of this project was to test the efficacy of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) on infants 6 to 11 months in Haiti. The LNS provided 108 kcal and vitamin A, vitamin B-12, iron, and zinc (80 % of the recommended amounts).