Journal article
Dec 01 2014
Incorporating elements of social franchising in government health services improves the quality of infant and young child feeding counselling services at commune health centres in Viet Nam (Nguyen, P.H., 2014. Health Policy and Planning)
This study assessed the effects of incorporating social franchising on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling facilities and services.
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.
Report
Nov 07 2014
Identifying micronutrient gaps in the diets of breastfed 6-11-month-old infants
Presents the methodology and results of using linear programming to determine whether micronutrient needs could be met using only unfortified local foods in three countries, explores options for meeting these needs that includes fortified products, and compares the costs of the various scenarios.
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 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.