Journal article
Aug 01 2019
Does health worker performance affect clients’ health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh (Epstein, A., 2019. BMC Health Services Research)
In this study, reseearchers found evidence for an association between health worker compliance and client health behaviors; however, small effect sizes suggest that behavior change is multifactorial and affected by factors beyond care quality.
Journal article
May 01 2018
Dietary diversity predicts the adequacy of micronutrient intake in pregnant adolescent girls and women in Bangladesh, but use of the 5-group cutoff poorly identifies individuals with inadequate intake (Nguyen PH., 2018. Journal of Nutrition)
The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator based on a 10-food group women dietary diversity score (WDDS-10) has been validated to assess dietary quality in nonpregnant women.
Brief
Oct 15 2017
Integrating maternal nutrition interventions into maternal, neonatal, and child health programs in Bangladesh
This information card gives an overview of the results of the implementation of a social behavior change program on maternal nutrition in Bangladesh.
Brief
Aug 03 2017
How to: A guide to maternal nutrition programming
In 2015, Alive & Thrive began testing the feasibility of integrating a comprehensive package of maternal nutrition interventions into the maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) programs of BRAC, a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh that has partnered with Alive & Thriv
Guide/Manual
Aug 03 2017
Implementation manual: Community-based maternal nutrition program
The resources below provide MNCH program leaders and implementers with tools for delivering maternal nutrition programs at scale. The materials were originally developed in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh, BRAC, and Alive & Thrive. The program was funded by Global Affairs Canada.
Toolkit
Aug 03 2017
Tools for delivering maternal nutrition programs
Alive & Thrive used the tools presented in this document to implement its maternal nutrition program from 2015-2016.