Behavior change interventions and child nutritional status: Evidence from the promotion of improved complementary feeding practicesSummary: Analyzes behavior change interventions aiming to improve complementary feeding practices and children’s nutritional status and provides...
Combating Malnutrition: What Can Be Done?This brief describes prevalent forms of undernutrition, offers effective approaches for preventing malnutrition, and provides cost estimates for implementing...
Engaging men to increase support for optimal infant feeding in Western KenyaSummary: This handout is based on a poster presented by IYCN and the AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance II Western Program at the 5th...
Ethiopia Urban Gardens Program—2011 Baseline Data: Summary and Analysis of Responses to Nutrition QuestionsSummary: This report describes results from the nutrition section of a baseline survey conducted with beneficiaries of the US Agency for International...
Ghana Promotion of Complementary Feeding Practices Project: Baseline Survey ReportSummary: This report describes findings from a baseline survey of 270 caregivers conducted by the IYCN Project, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition...
Guidance for formative research on maternal nutritionSummary: This document is intended to increase awareness and understanding of optimal maternal nutrition practices and, more importantly, to offer guidance for...
Haiti Stakeholders’ Workshop Report on HIV and Infant FeedingSummary: This report (in French) was the product of a three-day stakeholders’ meeting in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the...
Improving child health and HIV-free survival: A review of current research on risks and benefits of infant feeding options for HIV-positive momsSummary: This is a handout of a poster (available in English and French) presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, in July 2010....
Maternal dietary diversity and the implications for children’s diets in the context of food securitySummary: This technical brief describes findings from the IYCN Project’s study to evaluate the relationship of maternal dietary diversity to children’s...
Measuring the quality of mother-child feeding interactions: A study of indicators for responsive feedingSummary: This brief describes findings from an IYCN-sponsored study in Peru, which validated indicators for responsive feeding by comparing mothers’ observed...