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.

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 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

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 16 2014

Organizational factors, planning capacity, and integration challenges constrain provincial planning processes for nutrition in decentralizing Viet Nam (Lapping, K., 2014. Food and Nutrition Bulletin)

Translating national policies and guidelines into effective action at the subnational level is a prerequisite for ensuring an impact on nutrition. In Viet Nam this process is affected by the quality of the decentralized process of planning and action.

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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.

 
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