Publications by authors named "B Patro-Golab"
Individuals' lifestyle behaviours determine health. Improving Early Nutrition and Health in South Africa ("ImpENSA"), an EU Erasmus+ co-funded project, aims to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition in South Africa through equipping healthcare professionals (HCPs) with knowledge and skills to effectively support healthy nutritional choices among pregnant women and mothers/infant caregivers. Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) is a behaviour change intervention utilising open discovery questions, active listening, reflection on practice and goal-setting support through SMARTER (Specific, Measured, Action-oriented, Realistic, Timed, Evaluated and Reviewed) planning as core competences.
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- The study conducted a systematic review to evaluate the impact of mobile apps designed to support breastfeeding among pregnant women and new mothers, but found mixed results in terms of effectiveness.* -
- A total of six randomized controlled trials and other studies were included, with findings indicating a slight increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates attributed to app usage, but no significant differences in early breastfeeding initiation.* -
- Overall, the evidence suggests that while mobile apps could have some positive effects, there isn't enough consistent data to confirm that they significantly boost breastfeeding rates over time.*
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) have vital roles in providing evidence-based care to promote healthy micronutrient nutrition in early life. Providing such care requires scalable training to strengthen knowledge and confident application of effective behaviour change skills. Among 33 public and private HCPs (primarily dietitians) in South Africa, we evaluated the behaviour change aspects of a technology-enabled National Qualification Sub-Framework level 6 programme, Improving Early Nutrition and Health in South Africa ('ImpENSA').
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Dietary fat intake in pregnancy, lactation, and childhood determines child growth, neurodevelopment, and long-term health.
Methods: We performed a scoping review of dietary guidelines on fat intake for pregnant and lactating women, infants, children, and adolescents. We systematically searched several databases and websites for relevant documents published in English from 2015 to 2019.
Background: Meeting increased regulatory requirements for clinical evaluation of medical devices marketed in Europe in accordance with the Medical Device Regulation (EU 2017/745) is challenging, particularly for high-risk devices used in children.
Methods: Within the CORE-MD project, we performed a scoping review on evidence from clinical trials investigating high-risk paediatric medical devices used in paediatric cardiology, diabetology, orthopaedics and surgery, in patients aged 0-21 years. We searched Medline and Embase from 1st January 2017 to 9th November 2022.