7 results match your criteria: "University of Edinburgh (UoE)[Affiliation]"
Matern Child Nutr
January 2025
Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh (UoE)-Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, UK.
Animal-source foods (ASFs), contain high amounts of essential nutrients that are readily absorbed by the body. However, children in resource-constrained settings often have limited access to these nutritious foods. This study aimed to investigate the reasons for the low consumption of ASFs among children in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConsumption of animal source foods, through livestock production, improves children's growth and micronutrient status. However, research on the relationship between livestock ownership and childhood anemia has produced conflicting results. The current study used robust analytical approaches to examine the effect of household livestock ownership on children's anemia using the most recent secondary data from the national demographic and health survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nutr Sci
November 2022
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Little is known about the relation between the women empowerment in agriculture index, and health and nutrition outcomes among under-five children in Ethiopia. The study's objective was to examine women's empowerment in agriculture and its association with the nutritional status of children (6-59 months) in rural, cash crop producing, and resource-limited settings of Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted employing 422 households; having women of reproductive age group and children under-five.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlob Health Action
December 2022
Global Academy of Agriculture and Food security, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh (UoE), UK.
PLoS One
December 2021
MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh (UoE), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Matern Child Nutr
October 2021
Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh (UoE), UK.
Community Readiness Model (CRM) through pragmatic mixed methods design, combining quantitative CRM survey with qualitative data, was used to assess the level of preparedness and readiness among local leaders, employers and community members in supporting working mothers to combine breastfeeding with work. The study was conducted in one of the tea state farms in Kericho County of Kenya. A total of 17 purposively selected men (fathers), lactating mothers, peer educators, health professionals (doctors, nurses and nutritionists), tea plantation managers and grandmothers were interviewed.
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January 2017
17Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, University of Edinburgh (UoE),Edinburgh,UK.