Journal article
Feb 25 2020
Nutrition intervention using behavioral change communication without additional material inputs increased expenditures on key food groups in Bangladesh (Warren AM., 2020. Journal of Nutrition)
This article demonstrated that recipients in the Phase I intensive intervention, which provided interpersonal counseling, community mobilization, and mass media campaigns, mobilized additional resources to improve diets.
Journal article
Feb 21 2020
Lessons from using cluster-randomized evaluations to build evidence on large-scale nutrition behavior change interventions (Menon, P., 2020. World Development)
Large-scale behavior change interventions, delivered through a variety of platforms – government health systems, community-based platforms, and mass media – had substantial impacts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.
Journal article
Feb 11 2020
Maternal nutrition intervention and maternal complications in 4 districts of Bangladesh: A nested cross-sectional study (Todd CS., 2019. PubMed)
The provision of intensive counseling and micronutrient supplements led to lower overall complications among recently delivered women in Bangladesh, according to this study.
Journal article
Feb 11 2020
Information Diffusion and Social Norms Are Associated with Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Bangladesh (Nguyen, P., 2019. The Journal of Nutrition)
Interaction within mothers’ social networks, reinforced by promoting positive social norms for appropriate behaviors, can affect IYCF practices, according to this study in Bangladesh.
Journal article
Nov 15 2019
Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding across three time points in Bangladesh (Blackstone SR., 2018. International Health)
This study explored predictors of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Bangladesh using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey from 2007, 2011, and 2014, focusing on reasons why rates of EBF changed over those time periods.
Journal article
Sep 06 2019
Intervention Design Elements Are Associated with Frontline Health Workers’ Performance to Deliver Infant and Young Child Nutrition Services in Bangladesh and Vietnam (Nguyen, P., 2019. Current Developments in Nutrition)
Front-line workers (FLWs) are necessary to deliver large-scale interventions to improve maternal and child nutrition. However, low and middle-income countries (LMICs) face issues of FLW performance in service delivery, knowledge, and motivation.