Journal article

Dec 13 2013

Handwashing before food preparation and child feeding: a missed opportunity for hygiene promotion (Nizame FA., 2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

Enteric diseases are often caused by poor hygiene and can contribute to stunting. In Bangladesh preparing food, serving food, feeding children, and eating food with bare hands is a common practice, yet most handwashing promotion has focused on fecal contact.

Journal article

Oct 02 2013

Household food insecurity is associated with higher child undernutrition but the effect is not mediated by child dietary diversity (Ali D., 2013. Journal of Nutrition)

Household food insecurity (HFI) is a recognized underlying determinant of child undernutrition, but evidence of associations between HFI and child undernutrition is mixed.

Journal article

Sep 25 2013

A program impact pathway analysis identifies critical steps in the implementation and utilization of a behavior change communication intervention promoting infant and child feeding practices in Bangladesh (Avula R., 2013. Journal of Nutrition)

Mapping pathways of how interventions are implemented and utilized enables contextually grounded interpretation of results, differentiates poor design from poor implementation, and identifies factors that might influence the utilization of interventions.

Journal article

Sep 04 2013

Developing evidence-based advocacy and policy change strategies to protect, promote, and support infant and young child feeding (Hajeebhoy N., 2013. Food and Nutrition Bulletin)

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project. Despite the existence of a strong evidence base for investing in infant and young child feeding (IYCF), sufficiently supported IYCF policies and programs are rare.

Journal article

Sep 04 2013

Learning from the design and implementation of large-scale programs to improve infant and young child feeding (Baker J., 2013. Food and Nutrition Bulletin)

This article was part of a special supplement in the Journal of Nutrition on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project. Improving and sustaining infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices requires multiple interventions reaching diverse target groups over a sustained period of time.

Journal article

Sep 04 2013

Documenting large-scale programs to improve infant and young child feeding is key to facilitating programs in child nutrition

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project.

 
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