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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 44
No full textIssue 44 of the POSHAN Abstract Digest, brings to you yet another collection of articles on various topics pertaining to maternal and child nutrition. This issue features several studies on the nutritional status of adolescents and the relationship between maternal dietary diversity and body composition with children’s health. A few studies look at coverage of nutrition and health interventions in the country, including the Anemia Mukt Bharat program and the National Rural Health mission
POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 37
No full textIssue 37 of the Abstract Digest brings to you a set of global, regional, and India-focused articles on issues pertaining to undernutrition and its solutions. Global studies include the Optima Nutrition modelling assessing the likelihood of 129 countries reaching the global nutrition targets by 2030, a systematic review of economic evaluation of interventions to address undernutrition by scaling up proven interventions and identifying priority interventions, a study that identifies research priorities for social, behavioral and community engagement interventions for maternal and child health, and a review of literature on social accountability approaches. India-specific studies examine inequality in child undernutrition among urban populations, the economic feasibility of nutritionally adequate diets, and two studies focusing on frontline workers time use and factors influencing their performance. In this edition we have also included implementation research focused articles relevant for maternal and child health programs
A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Anganwadi Workers
No full textThis dataset is the result of the frontline health workers/Anganwadi workers (AWW) survey that was conducted to gather data for the endline part of the impact evaluation study of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) interventions delivered through the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health (RMNCH) services in India. These include the provision of iron and folic acid (IFA) and calcium supplements, interpersonal counseling on diet during pregnancy and consumption of IFA and calcium, community mobilization, and adequate weight-gain monitoring during pregnancy.
A&T is a global initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, and complementary feeding practices. Using a cluster-randomized evaluation design, the primary objectives of the A&T evaluation study in India are to answer the following questions:
(1) Can the coverage and utilization of key maternal nutrition interventions be improved by integrating nutrition-focused social behavior change (SBC) communication and systems strengthening approaches into antenatal care (ANC) services under the RMNCH program?
(2) What factors affect the effective integration of maternal nutrition interventions into a well-established government ANC service delivery platform under the RMNCH program?
(3) What are the impacts of the program on i) consumption of diversified foods and adequate intake of micronutrient, protein, and energy compared to recommended intake; ii) intake of IFA and calcium supplements during pregnancy; iii) weight gain monitoring; and iv) early initiation of breastfeeding.
As with the baseline, the endline survey used the same 26 blocks in Uttar Pradesh. Thirteen blocks from two districts (Kanpur Dehat and Unnao) were randomly allocated to receive intensified maternal nutrition interventions. Another 13 blocks from the same two districts were randomly allocated to the comparison groups. The survey took place between November and December 2019 by the team from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the survey firm, NEERMAN (Network for Engineering and Economics Research and Management).
The endline survey comprised 11 questionnaires: 1) Household questionnaire for recently delivered women (RDW) with children <6 months of age, 2) Household questionnaire for pregnant women (PW) of the second and third trimester of pregnancy (with detailed dietary recall), 3) Household questionnaire for husbands of PWs and husbands of RDWs, 4) Household questionnaire for mothers/mothers-in-law of PWs and mothers/mothers-in-law of RDWs, 5) Frontline health workers: Anganwadi workers (AWW), 6) Frontline health workers: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), 7) Frontline health workers: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), 8) Frontline health workers: Supervisor (SUP), 9) Observation: AWW, 10) Observation: ASHA, and 11) Observation: ANM.
The Anganwadi workers (AWW) survey (along with the other 3 FLW’s surveys: ASHA, ANM, and Supervisor) gathered data on service provision by government FLWs and other health care providers. Data were also gathered on FLWs’ time commitment, knowledge, and training related to maternal nutrition, and their job motivation, and supervision.2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Alive and Thrive; IFPRI1; Open AccessA4NH; PHNDCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH
POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 26
No full textWe are delighted to present to you the first issue of Abstract Digest for this year. This issue has two important LANCET Commission Reports. The EAT–Lancet Commission is the first of a series of initiatives on nutrition, led by The Lancet in 2019, followed by the Commission on the Global Syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. Along with these, we have articles from an issue of Public Health Nutrition that focuses on child and adolescent nutrition, and much more
POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 19
No full textIn this new year issue of Abstract Digest, we bring to you the much-awaited birth cohort MAL-ED study, two systematic reviews, as well as feature an article which mapped state-level disease burden and risk factors for the states in India, and several other interesting articles. In our non-peer reviewed section, we feature several papers from a book on ‘Nutritional Adequacy, Diversity and Choice Among Primary School Children: Policy and Practice in India.
POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 39
No full textOnce again, the POSHAN Abstract Digest brings to you a tailored set of articles on issues pertaining to undernutrition in India and its solutions. Issue 39 features a series of studies that look into the trends and variability in inequality linked with child mortality, stunting, and the double burden of malnutrition. You will also find articles on the association between women’s empowerment and child health, a systematic review of enablers and barriers to improving IYCF practices, and an evaluation of global experiences in large-scale double-fortified salt programs. In this issue we have included peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed COVID-19 related articles, and a special section on the Ananya program, a multi-component, multi-year initiative implemented in Bihar to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition
POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 17
No full textThis issue of the Abstract Digest features several papers of interest to nutrition in India, including a set of papers on determinants of nutritional outcomes and trends, a set of papers on narrative and empirical analyses of change in nutrition and a summary of findings on lipid-based nutrient supplements. It also features IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report which looks at the impact of rapid urban growth on food security and nutrition, the 2016 India Spotlight Index from the Access to Nutrition Index, that evaluates the performance of the largest national food and beverage manufacturers’ policies, practices and disclosure related to nutrition in India, and a new UNICEF (2017) report on the implications of the 2030 Agenda for children and the data required to monitor the situation of children within the SDG framework
POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 10
No full textWelcome to the first Abstract Digest of 2015! This issue features commentaries and research articles on maternal nutrition, sanitation, and nutrition programming in India
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