Journal article

Jul 16 2020

Stop Stunting in South Asia. Improving child feeding, women's nutrition and household sanitation

This overview paper summarizes and builds on papers from the Stop Stunting Conference of 2014, advocating to focus on child feeding, women's nutrition, and household sanitation as investment areas to prevent child stunting in South Asia.

Poster/Graphic

May 02 2020

Viet Nam Centers of Excellence Demand Generation Strategy

360-degree demand push for the Center of Excellence for Breastfeeding (CoE) initiative

Brief

Feb 11 2020

Maternal Depression: The potential role of nutrition in prevention and treatment

The role nutrition plays in maternal depression has been the subject of a variety of research.

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

Jun 01 2019

Integrating Maternal Infant & Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) in Undergraduate Medical Teaching Curriculum and Service Delivery in Two States of India (P04-162-19)

In India, as part of provision of technical assistance to government and partner organizations at national and state level for strengthening MIYCN policy/programming, Alive & Thrive is working with eight medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to develop an evidence-based model for assessing the extent to which MIYCN can be addressed in the undergraduate curricula and interventions included in the service delivery.

Report

Apr 30 2019

Desk review cover depicting Indonesian woman breastfeeding

Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Nutrition-sensitive Practices in Indonesia

This report provides a clear path and guidance for the government and other key stakeholders to develop a national advocacy and behavior change communication strategy for stunting reduction.

 
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