Job aid
Nov 06 2014
Guidelines for facilitating a community-based support group meeting on infant and young child feeding
Aims to support community-based workers in organizing and facilitating IYCF support group meetings in an efficient, effective manner.
Job aid
Nov 04 2014
IYCF Counseling Cards for Health Workers in Viet Nam
This set of 21 counseling cards enables health workers to counsel mothers and other caregivers about IYCF using a colorful visual on one side and supporting information on the other side.
Journal article
Nov 01 2014
Gaps between breastfeeding awareness and practices in Vietnamese mothers (Nguyen TT., 2014. Journal of Nutrition)
An Alive & Thrive (A&T) study in Viet Nam examined determinants of the gap between breastfeeding awareness and practices.
Journal article
Oct 01 2014
Program impact pathway analysis of a social franchise model shows potential to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Viet Nam (Nguyen PH., 2014. Journal of Nutrition)
By mapping the mechanisms through which interventions are expected to achieve impact, program impact pathway (PIP) analysis lays out the theoretical causal links between program activities, outcomes, and impacts.
Journal article
Sep 03 2014
Gaps between breastfeeding awareness and practices in mothers result from inadequate support in health facilities and social norms
An Alive & Thrive (A&T) study in Viet Nam examined determinants of the gap between breastfeeding awareness and practices.
Journal article
Aug 01 2014
Suboptimal breastfeeding practices are associated with infant illness in Viet Nam (Hajeebjoy N., 2014. International Breastfeeding Journal)
Despite evidence supporting the importance of breastfeeding to child health, breastfeeding practices remain suboptimal in Viet Nam. There is currently little evidence on the importance of breastfeeding in the prevention of morbidity during infancy in Viet Nam.
