Journal article
Nov 15 2019
The financing need for expanded maternity protection in Indonesia. (Siregar AYM., 2019. International Breastfeeding Journal)
To increase breastfeeding rates, this study explores the potential cost to optimizing paid maternity protection programs, as well as challenges to its implementation in Indonesia.
Journal article
Nov 15 2019
Enhancing governance and strengthening advocacy for policy change of large Collective Impact initiatives (Michaud-Letourneau, I., 2018. Maternal & Child Nutrition)
This paper investigates expansion into a multilayered Collective Impact (CI) initiative and the use of policy advocacy in CI initiatives to address complex nutrition issues.
Brief, Handout, Poster/Graphic, Report
Sep 19 2019
Maternity Entitlements in Nigeria: Policies and Practices
Despite globally accepted knowledge on the benefits of breastfeeding and the contribution of maternity entitlements to increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding, there has been little research on how maternity or paternity leave is practiced in Nigeria, the labour force’s level of compliance, o
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.
Journal article
May 07 2019
Maternal nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh, India: role of key influential demand and supply factors (Nguyen PH., 2019. Maternal Child Nutrition)
Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.
Journal article
Sep 26 2018
Large-scale social and behavior change communication interventions have sustained impacts on infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices: Results of a 2-year follow-up Study in Bangladesh (Kim SS., 2018. Journal of Nutrition)
Sustained improvements in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) require continued implementation of effective interventions.