Development and validation of a tool to assess underlying factors of iron-rich food consumption among pregnant women.

Anaemia among pregnant women remains a public health concern globally. One major cause of this persistent problem is iron deficiency, which may be the result of limited iron intake in the diet. Using the extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (eTPB), this study aims to develop and validate a questionnaire assessing psychosocial and environmental factors that could influence the consumption of iron-rich foods (IRFs) among Senegalese pregnant women.

Community Social Paediatrics Approach, an Innovative Healthcare Intervention: Implementation Fidelity in Atlantic Canada.

The Community Social Paediatrics approach (CSPA) is a comprehensive and personalized approach to care that is becoming more widely used throughout Canada. However, data on its implementation fidelity remain scarce. The purpose of this research was to assess the implementation fidelity of a CSPA established in 2017 in Canada.

A theory-based behavioural change communication intervention to decrease the provision of water to infants under 6 months of age in the Republic of Guinea.

Objective: In many countries, the provision of water in the early months of a baby's life jeopardises exclusive breast-feeding (EBF). Using a behavioural theory, this study assessed the impact of a behaviour change intervention on mothers' intention to act and, in turn, on the water provision in addition to breast milk to their infants under 6 months of age (IU6M) in two regions of Guinea.

Design: A quasi-experimental design.

A tool to assess underlying factors to water provision among Guinean children.

In many countries, water is provided to children under 6 months of age (CU6M) in addition to breast milk (BM), hence increasing the risk of child mortality and morbidity. Factors related to this practice have not been thoroughly investigated either a tool to assess them. Based on the extended theory of planned behaviour (eTPB), we aim to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess psychosocial and environmental factors that may contribute/limit the water provision in addition to BM by mothers of CU6M in the Republic of Guinea.

Dietary intake and food behaviours of Senegalese adolescent girls.

Background: Malnutrition is a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, 35% of adolescent girls are undernourished and 56% are anemic.

Methods: This study assessed the dietary intake of 14-18-year-old adolescent girls in Dakar, Senegal.

Feeding practices and factors associated with the provision of iron-rich foods to children aged 6-23 months in Matam area, Senegal.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to document feeding practices amongst rural Senegalese children aged 6 to 23 months and to investigate psychosocial and environmental factors associated with the provision of iron-rich foods (IRF).

Design: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from January to July 2018.

Setting: The study took place in the region of Matam, northern Senegal.

Assessing the Food Availability and Food Insecurity Situation among Communities of Matam Region, Senegal.

Matam is one of the poorest and most food-insecure regions of Senegal. o better understand the FA and food security (FS) situation in this region, in 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 103 households living in four villages. Through focus group discussions and direct observations, data on food available at HL and CL were collected as well as on food affordability and household FS.

A measurement scale to assess responsive feeding among Cambodian young children.

The caregiver-child interaction during mealtime, which refers to responsive feeding (RF), influences child's dietary intake. In Cambodia, given the level of malnutrition, getting better knowledge of RF among young children is essential, but to do so, using an appropriate assessment tool is necessary. We aim to develop and to validate a measurement tool to assess RF in two different situations (before and after an intervention) among children 6-23 months old.

Determinants of Undernutrition among Young Children Living in Soth Nikum District, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Background: Child undernutrition is of public concern in Cambodia. An understanding of factors influencing child nutritional status is essential to design programs that will reduce undernutrition. Using the UNICEF conceptual framework of causes of malnutrition, our research investigates the relationship between nutritional status of children aged 6⁻23 months and its immediate and underlying determinants.

Mitigated Impact of Provision of Local Foods Combined with Nutrition Education and Counseling on Young Child Nutritional Status in Cambodia.

Background: In Cambodia, stunting and wasting affect, respectively, 32% and 10% of children 0⁻59 months while 55% are anemic. Our research aims to assess the efficiency of two local foods combined with nutritional education and counseling (CEN) activities as compared to CEN alone on improving child nutritional status and dietary intake.

Methods: A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in Soth Nikum area over a six-month period among children 6⁻23 months ( = 360) assigned to receive either moringa +CEN, cricket +CEN or CEN alone.

Public health nutrition capacity: assuring the quality of workforce preparation for scaling up nutrition programmes.

Objective: To describe why and how capacity-building systems for scaling up nutrition programmes should be constructed in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Design: Position paper with task force recommendations based on literature review and joint experience of global nutrition programmes, public health nutrition (PHN) workforce size, organization, and pre-service and in-service training.

Setting: The review is global but the recommendations are made for LMIC scaling up multisectoral nutrition programmes.

Feeding practices among Indonesian children above six months of age: a literature review on their potential determinants (part 2).

Background: Feeding practices among young children are not optimal in Indonesia. Improving these practices is crucial to prevent and reduce malnutrition among young children. A better understanding of the underlying factors to appropriate practices is essential to address barriers and identify opportunities to optimal practices.

Feeding practices among Indonesian children above six months of age: a literature review on their magnitude and quality (part 1).

Background: In Indonesia, 37% of children under-five are stunted, 12% wasted and 12% overweight. Adequate feeding practices among children above 6 months of age are critical to tackle malnutrition. National surveys have been conducted to assess feeding practices but these aggregates hide geographic disparities.

Contribution of natural resources to nutritional status in a protected area of Gabon.

Background: In protected areas, legislation restricts the population's access to natural food resources, which might have an impact on their welfare.

Objective: To assess the contribution of the individual use of natural resources to nutritional status in the rural population of the Gamba Complex of Gabon.

Methods: Four villages were selected to represent the rural population.