POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 34

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 34
Author: Avula, Rasmi, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This issue of Abstract Digest comes to you at a time when the global nutrition research community is actively looking for ways to address malnutrition in the changing context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The articles in this issue include a modelling study by Roberton and colleagues on early estimates of the indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, and comments on it.

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 30

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 30
Author: Rasmi Avula
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

In this issue of Abstract Digest, we present to you a collection of articles on various outcomes, determinants and interventions related to maternal and child nutrition, from around the world and India, in particular. Additionally, we bring to you two salient reports, which have been released recently. UNICEF’s Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing well in a changing world highlights the state of the world’s children in 2019. India’s Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey provides significant information on malnutrition, anemia and micronutrient deficiencies among children and adolescents in India.

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 15

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 15
Author: Avula, Rasmi
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This last issue of the Abstract Digest for 2016 brings to focus the importance of maternal factors including pre- and peri-conceptional nutrition, education and stature, as well as macro-level factors such as sustained economic growth and investments in health, education, and water for the overall well-being of a child.

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 40

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 40
Author: Avula, Rasmi, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

In this 40th issue of the POSHAN Abstract Digest, we bring to you a collection of articles on the burden of malnutrition in India, its distribution patterns and determinants. You will find several articles focused on nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive solutions aimed at improving nutritional outcomes and determinants. This issue also features two articles on data for nutrition, one pertaining to data availability for nutrition financing in India and another describing the current situation of reliable biomarker data availability on micronutrient deficiencies at the global level. We have also included a small section on COVID-19 focused peer-reviewed articles.

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 36

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 36
Author: Avula, Rasmi, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

As India continues its dual battle – one against coronavirus pandemic and the second against malnutrition, this issue of Abstract Digest brings to you a collection of articles that are primarily India-focused and a few of them discuss measurement of outcomes and implications. Given below is the list of peer-reviewed articles in this issue on the outcomes, determinants and interventions pertaining to maternal and child nutrition. Please click on the title if you wish to go straight to the article or scroll down to explore the abstract in the pages that follow.

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 26

POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 26
Author: Avula, Rasmi, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2019-02-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

We are delighted to present to you the first issue of Abstract Digest for this year. This issue has two important LANCET Commission Reports. The EAT–Lancet Commission is the first of a series of initiatives on nutrition, led by The Lancet in 2019, followed by the Commission on the Global Syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. Along with these, we have articles from an issue of Public Health Nutrition that focuses on child and adolescent nutrition, and much more.

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 13

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 13
Author: Avula, Rasmi
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2016-02-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This issue of the Abstract Digest features the 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report, the 2015 Global Nutrition Report, the India Health Report, two special supplements focused on child feeding, and several other interesting articles on nutrition and health

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 46

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 46
Author: Avula, Rasmi
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2023-11-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Issue 46 of the POSHAN Abstract Digest brings to you yet another collection of articles on various maternal and child nutrition topics. This issue features studies on the prevalence and impact of anaemia in adolescents, an ecological analysis of child undernutrition and overweight, micronutrient supplementation and linear growth, diets, diet quality, and dietary diversity. growth. This issue also include two studies- one on cost-consequence analyses and another on the process evaluation-based on nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions implemented in Odisha to improve maternal and child health nutrition. Other interesting studies included in this issue are on birthweight data quality, decentralization in the Integrated Child Development Services, use of digital technology to improve service delivery, and changes to service delivery in multiple states across India during COVID-19.

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 16

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 16
Author: Avula, Rasmi
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This issue of the Abstract Digest features our new Policy Note, summarizing costs of delivering a set of essential nutrition interventions at scale in India. We also bring to you the new WHO guidelines for improving the quality of maternal and newborn health and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, two Alive & Thrive studies on IYCF, work on the performance of anganwadis under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), models for the management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), and studies on ICDS and health programs that deliver the essential nutrition interventions in India.

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 45

POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 45
Author: Avula, Rasmi, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

In this 45th issue of the POSHAN Abstract Digest, we bring you a collection of articles on child, adolescent, and maternal malnutrition. It features studies on micronutrient deficiencies and on anemia among adolescents, inequities in undernutrition among children, and inequities in overweight and obesity among women. It also features an evaluation study of self-group-based behavior change intervention in rural India and its impacts on multiple maternal and child outcomes, and a comprehensive review of smartphone applications delivering child nutrition information.