Food insecuritynutritious foodcommunity-based interventionssystem-level interventionssystematic reviewPROGRAM PARTICIPATIONEDUCATION-PROGRAMUNITED-STATESFRESH FRUITHOME FOODAs studies examining the effectiveness of food security interventions collectively are sparse, this review examined the most effective community-...
Transdisciplinary Cross-Sector Collaborations to Evaluate Community-Based Food Access and Nutrition Interventions The objective of this research is to use transdisciplinary, cross-sector, collaborative approaches to develop and evaluate community-based programs serving individuals who are eligible to receive ...
A community based cluster-randomized trial (known as Projahnmo study) was conducted in Sylhet, Bangladesh during 2002 2006 to study the impact of an integrated community-based package of interventions on neonatal mortality and maternal health knowledge, behavior and practices. The study results demonst...
The community food environment was an effect modifier of this relationship, highlighting the relevance of interventions in the food environment focused on areas with a greater presence of Black people as a way of combating racism and food insecurity....
The results of this study will provide a framework for utilizing a multi-leveled socio-ecological intervention with the purpose of improving food security in rural, high poverty communities. Additionally, the results of this study will yield evidence-based best practices and tools for both FPC devel...
interventions alone33. Considering the poor quality of CF in Bangladeshi context34,35and the availability and cultural acceptability of eggs and milk, we hypothesized that a comprehensive intervention package including regular consumption of egg and milk-based snack, home fortification of CF with MNP,...
weak links between the community-based interventions and public health system; weak health system capacity that impeded referral and follow-ups; and cost of care and care-seeking. Key facilitators include CHWs’ connection to the community, close proximity of programmes to the community, supervision...
Some of the most important current research on ‘scaling-up’ nutrition interventions to a level likely to have significant impacts on high-burden populations is now focused on findings ways to deliver such community based platforms effectively and efficiently (Gillespie and Hodge, 2016). But while...
Home-delivered meals, long provided through a network of community-based organizations funded through the Older Americans Act, state dollars, and charitable contributions, grew out of a need to promote food security, socialization, and independence among older adults [18]. Until recently, meals have...
[7] as has the number of CHW programmes, largely driven by the evidence of effectiveness of community-based interventions for maternal and child health that CHWs can provide [8] and by the improvements in health made in a number of countries following the implementation of strong national CHW ...