Interventions to improve nutrition and child development during this period have high rates of return because of their importance in enhancing economic productivity later in life23 fostered by a combination of
Common frameworks of child nutrition distinguish between three levels of determinants of undernutrition, namely immediate, underlying, and basic determinants (UNICEF, 1990, Smith and Haddad, 2015), as shown in Fig. 1. Immediate determinants include individuals’ dietary intake and health status. Underly...
29, NO. 2, 631–659 https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2021.1957981 Early maternal work and child vocabulary development: evidence from Ethiopia Philippa Waterhouse a* and Rachel Bennett b* aSchool of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK; bSchool of ...
In response to persistently poor levels of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in rural India, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched to support the provision of accessible, affordable and quality health care in deprived and underser
Fig. 1: Baseline characteristics, maternal and infant anthropometry, and sample collection timeline. Pie charts depict the baseline characteristics of the study participants, including health center, ethnicity, religion, education level, food insecurity, number of jobs, parity, and anemia for each group...
In the 1960s, midwives were trained in large numbers to provide maternal and child health services. After 1966, with pressure from international agencies, their role shifted from midwifery to family planning and immunization [18]. At the same time, institutional midwives were replaced with general...
1、Fully understand the market status, timely reflect the situation and market dynamics of competitors to the superior, and put forward reasonable suggestions; twoFormulate and implement the marketing plan of the hospital under its jurisdiction, and organize various promotion activities in the hospital...
Perinatal women are highly vulnerable to developing mental health issues and particularly susceptible to a recurrence of psychiatric illness. Poor mental health during the perinatal period can have long-term impacts on the physical and psychiatric health of both mother and child. A potentially useful ...
Midwives and TBAs are the main trusted caregivers in their remote communities [11, 12]. Countrywide, only 66 % of national health facil- ities can provide basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) and only 46 % can provide comprehensive EmONC [11], while only 21 % of deliveries...
Women may have to resign from their jobs to take time off to care for their young children and may experience problems re-entering the workforce (Keck and Saraceno, 2013). Research also suggests, however, that very long leave may lead to lower wages and discrimination in the workplace (...