Dewey, Kathryn G Hawck, Mette G Brown, Kenneth H Lartey, Anna Cohen, Roberta J Peerson, Janet M
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Maternal & child nutrition
Several studies have documented that length gain often lags behind weight gain during infancy and early childhood, suggesting that linear growth is partly regulated by initial body mass or fatness. To investigate this hypothesis, we analysed data from four longitudinal studies on growth of infants in the first 12 months: (1) U.S. breast-fed and for...
Beake, Sarah McCourt, Christine Rowan, Cathy Taylor, Jane
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Maternal & child nutrition
There is little experience of the use of health care assistants in the community to support breastfeeding in the UK. The aim of this project was to evaluate the implementation of a small-scale pilot project using health care assistants in the community to support disadvantaged women breastfeeding. The evaluation was funded as part of the Department...
Dykes, Fiona
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Maternal & child nutrition
In 1999, the Government, Department of Health in England, UK established the Infant Feeding Initiative. As part of this initiative, 79 1-year infant feeding projects were selected for funding. The funded projects specifically centred upon practice innovation and evaluation in relation to promoting breastfeeding and supporting breastfeeding women in...
Forsythe, Stephen J
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Maternal & child nutrition
Recently there has been considerable concern related to the presence of bacteria, in particular Enterobacter sakazakii, in powdered infant formula milk. This paper considers the bacteria in these products at point of sale, with reference to current microbiological testing and the need for good hygienic practice in their subsequent preparation befor...
Thairu, Lucy N Pelto, Gretel H Rollins, Nigel C Bland, Ruth M Ntshangase, Ncamisile
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Maternal & child nutrition
The promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, followed by rapid transition to alternative food sources may be an important public health approach to the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breastmilk. The basic ethical principle of 'informed choice' requires that HIV positive women are provided with adequate informatio...
Young, Sera L Ali, Said M
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Maternal & child nutrition
Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common form of malnutrition in the world. Pregnant women are particularly at risk for anaemia. Insufficient attention has been paid to the reasons underlying the only moderate success of iron supplementation. In this article an additional factor that can affect the use of iron supplements is proposed: their relev...
Mardones, Francisco Rosso, Pedro
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Maternal & child nutrition
The weight gain chart for pregnant women, developed by Rosso and Mardones (RM chart, 1997), is analysed and compared with other charts in terms of its usefulness for targeting nutritional interventions aimed at preventing low or high birth weights. The RM chart defines categories of maternal nutritional status in early gestation based on weight/hei...
Sachs, Magda Dykes, Fiona Carter, Bernie
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Maternal & child nutrition
Weighing infants during their first 6 months is an important focus of growth monitoring and a common activity of child health care services worldwide. In these same months, health workers provide support for breastfeeding and promote continued exclusive breastfeeding. The literature on the practice of weighing breastfed babies is reviewed, as it ap...
Ingram, Jenny Rosser, Jilly Jackson, Dawn
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Maternal & child nutrition
Peer support for breastfeeding mothers has often been promoted as a way of increasing rates in communities with low breastfeeding prevalence, where there are few breastfeeding role models and a bottle-feeding culture predominates. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a peer support initiative, which trained peer supporters who then set up a su...
Appoh, Lily Yaa Krekling, Sturla
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Maternal & child nutrition
The relationship between mother's nutritional knowledge, maternal education, and child nutritional status (weight-for-age) was the subject of investigation in this study. The data were collected in Ghana on 55 well nourished and 55 malnourished mother-child pairs. A questionnaire designed to collect data on mother's knowledge and practices related ...
