Download or read book Behavior Change Intervention Research in Infant and Young Child Feeding written by Amanda Assaro Zongrone and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behavior change interventions (BCIs) have been used to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices with varying success. This may result from inadequate consideration of determinants of behavior, including "caregiver capabilities." We aimed to: 1) examine the extent to which caregiver capabilities are considered in research on complementary feeding BCIs in low- and middle-income countries, 2) describe IYCF trajectories from 0 to 11 months of age and explore caregiver decisions at critical IYCF junctures, and 3) examine the role of caregiver self-efficacy for complementary feeding as part of a program impact pathway to improved behaviors. We conducted a scoping study of the peer-reviewed complementary feeding BCI literature (objective 1); used ethnographic methods to collect and analyze in-depth qualitative longitudinal interviews from the process evaluation the Alive & Thrive BCI in Bangladesh (objective 2); and conducted structural equation modeling to test the direct and indirect effects of self-efficacy for two complementary feeding behaviors (objective 3) using survey data from a process evaluation of the Alive & iii Thrive BCI in Bangladesh. In the scoping study (objective 1), we found that caregiver capabilities are rarely mentioned, intervened on, or measured in BCI research on complementary feeding, revealing considerable gaps in this literature. In the study of IYCF trajectories (objective 2), we observed substantial intra-cultural diversity, resulting from a combination of child, caregiver, and household factors, suggesting no normative longitudinal patterns for IYCF in this study population. We identified consequential junctures in IYCF, "decision moments," that determined each child's IYCF trajectory. These findings indicate the value of individually tailored interventions to effectively target decision moments. The Alive & Thrive BCI improved two complementary feeding behaviors that we analyzed (objective 3). For one behavior, feeding green leafy vegetables, the BCI operated though self-efficacy and mothers with greater selfefficacy were more likely to practice this behavior. For the second behavior, on-time introduction of egg, the BCI did not work through self-efficacy, likely due to women's lack of resources, autonomy, and access to markets. The use of multiple methods advanced our understanding of intervention pathways and highlighted the important roles of caregiver capabilities in this context. iv.
Download or read book Infant and Young Child Feeding written by Fiona Dykes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting book, edited by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran and with a foreword from Gretel Pelto, explores in an integrated context the varied factors associated with infant and child nutrition, including global feeding strategies, cultural factors, issues influencing breastfeeding, and economic and life cycle influences
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism written by Jonathan Tarbox and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism: Turning the Tables on Mealtime distills existing research on feeding disorders treatment into the very best, most effective and most practical strategies for practitioners to implement with their clients who have autism and other developmental and behavioral disorders. The book focuses on the few but highly effective feeding treatment procedures that work in the large percentage of cases. The book describes each procedure in practical, how-to language, with the goal of explaining how to implement them in the real-life settings in which practitioners actually work. The book includes a large variety of sample datasheets, intervention plans and graphs of sample data to serve as practical examples to guide clinicians through the process of selecting, implementing, analyzing and troubleshooting feeding interventions. Summarizes the basic behavioral principles underlying feeding disorders Discusses the origin and function of feeding disorders Details the assessment of feeding disorders Covers practical issues related to feeding environment Lists materials needed for implementing feeding interventions Explains how to transfer strategies and procedures from the practitioner to parents and caregivers Includes sample datasheets, intervention plans and graphs of sample data
Download or read book Issues in Complementary Feeding written by Carlo Agostoni and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication covers a wide range of topics connected with the concepts of complementary feeding. To start with, the focus is on breastfed infants as reference, looking at human milk as a model for the development of optimal foods in the complementary feeding period. The nutritional safety and quality of complementary foods, as well as the role of cereals, meat, dairy fermented products and local resources are discussed next, together with the possible implications for the use of functional nutrients. Within this context, the dietary requirements of children with certain medical conditions (from malnourished infants to those suffering from food allergy or celiac disease) are critically reassessed in the light of most recent observations. The presentations, coming from developing and transition to well-developed countries, remind us that the complementary feeding recommendations are still influenced by a mixture of tradition, history, policy, practice and science, and that any innovation should take into account all these points to be successful. This publication provides pediatricians, neonatologists, nutritionists and dieticians with a complete update on what is known and what is still unknown about the period when complementary feeding is implemented.
Download or read book Complementary Feeding of Young Children in Developing Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review is intended primarily for health professionals and others concerned with nutrition, health and well-being of children. The objective is to provide the background information that is necessary for the development of scientifically sound feeding recommendations and appropriate intervention programmes to enhance children's dietary intake and nutritional status. Although much of the information may be relevent for young children in industrialized countries, the review focuses on the particular needs of children in low-income sttings, and the recommendations hve been formulated with consideration for the economic and environmental constraints that are common in developing countries. [Author] The review is organized in nine sections : 1. Introduction. - 2. Breast-feeding and complementary feeding : a continuum. - 3. Energy required from complementary foods and factors affecting their intake. - 4. Protein and micronutrients required from complementary foods. - 5. Caregiver feeding behaviours. - 6. Food processing safety and quality. - 7. Global data on child-feeding practices. - 8. Programmatic interventions to improve complementary feeding. - 9. Conclusions
Download or read book Using Formative Research to Design Infant and Young Child Feeding Interventions written by Keriann Hunter Paul and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interventions using technology-based supplements to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) have only had a moderate effect on growth. The amount of formative research conducted prior to these interventions has been minimal suggesting that unknown contextual aspects may have affected the impact of these technology-based supplements. This dissertation explores the use of formative research to improve the design of IYCF interventions using technology-based supplements. In CHAPTER TWO I examined the underlying contextual determinants of complementary feeding in two food insecure settings to identify appropriate intervention strategies. In CHAPTER THREE I tested the feasibility of one of the strategies developed in CHAPTER TWO by comparing how much infant feeding can be improved without and with the use of a lipid-based nutrient supplement. In CHAPTER FOUR I compared the information gained about the acceptability of a processed complementary food (PCF) from a short, one-day taste and a longer, 2-week home trial. The results of CHAPTER TWO indicate that other determinants besides income poverty can help determine whether a food-based supplement is required and that nutrition education programs should be grounded in the larger indigenous ways of knowing about food and infant care. In CHAPTER THREE the results show that nutrient intakes can be significantly improved with barrier-specific counseling messages via a transformative learning experience, but ultimately some type of supplement is necessary to ensure adequate iron and zinc intakes when there is a lack of animal source foods. In CHAPTER FOUR, the results confirmed that a longer home-based trial can identify pitfalls that could affect a longer intervention that were not found in a short, one-day taste test. In CHAPTER FIVE I reviewed available formative research models and made recommendations to improve the feasibility of conducting such research in an era where more technology-based supplements are available. I conclude that formative research can be approached iteratively such that multiple layers of an intervention could be explored. I recommend that formative research for an intervention should be better documented to recognize the contextual decisions of intervention design and education interventions should begin to incorporate contemporary adult learning theory into their design.
Download or read book Sustaining the Implementation of Evidence Based Interventions in Clinical and Community Settings written by Nicole Nathan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nutrition and Growth written by Reynaldo Martorell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews current concepts on the relationship between nutrition and childhood growth and discusses the effectiveness of nutrition intervention programmes in preventing growth failure. The contributors present reference data for the assessment of infant and child growth, examine the causes and functional consequences of inadequate growth, and evaluate various public health approaches to improving childhood nutrition. Full consideration is also given to the impact of the nutrition transition in developing countries and the risk of obesity resulting from altered diet and physical activity patterns."
Download or read book Evidence Based Interventions for Children with Challenging Behavior written by Kathleen Hague Armstrong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a child has difficulties eating or sleeping, or throws frequent tantrums, many parents cross their fingers and hope it's a phase to be outgrown soon. But when they persist, challenging behaviors can follow children to school, contributing to academic problems, social difficulties, and further problems in adolescence and adulthood. The authors of Evidence-Based Interventions for Children with Challenging Behavior take a preventive approach in this concise, well-detailed guide. Offering best practices from an extensive Response to Intervention (RTI) evidence base, the book provides guidelines for recognizing the extent of feeding, sleeping, toileting, aggression, and other issues, and supplies successful primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions with rationales. Case examples integrate developmental theories and behavior principles into practice, illustrate how strategies work, and show how to ensure that parents and caregivers can implement them consistently for maximum effect. Progress charts, content questions, and other helpful features make this an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike. Included in the coverage: The prevention model and problem solving. Screening techniques. Evidence-based practices with children and their caregivers. Behavior principles and their application. Monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes. Plus helpful appendices, resource links, and other learning tools. Evidence-Based Interventions for Children with Challenging Behavior is an essential text for graduate students, scientist-practitioners/professionals, and researchers in child and school psychology; assessment, testing and evaluation; occupational therapy; family; educational psychology; and speech pathology. You can access a class syllabus that works as a companion to this book at http://health.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/pediatrics/child_dev_neuro/babybehavior/
Download or read book Infant and young child feeding written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Chapter on Infant and Young Child Feeding is intended for use in basic training of health professionals. It describes essential knowledge and basic skills that every health professional who works with mothers and young children should master. The Model Chapter can be used by teachers and students as a complement to textbooks or as a concise reference manual.
Download or read book Promoting Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies, breakthroughs in understanding the genetic underpinnings of health and ill health, improvements in the effectiveness and variety of pharmaceuticals, and other developments in biomedical research have helped develop cures for many illnesses and improve the lives of those with chronic diseases. By itself, however, biomedical research cannot address the most significant challenges to improving public health. Approximately half of all causes of mortality in the United States are linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet, alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle, and accidents. Yet less than five percent of the money spent annually on U.S. health care is devoted to reducing the risks of these preventable conditions. Behavioral and social interventions offer great promise, but as yet their potential has been relatively poorly tapped. Promoting Health identifies those promising areas of social science and behavioral research that may address public health needs. It includes 12 papersâ€"commissioned from some of the nation's leading expertsâ€"that review these issues in detail, and serves to assess whether the knowledge base of social and behavioral interventions has been useful, or could be useful, in the development of broader public health interventions.
Download or read book Parents Information Seeking and Use Regarding Infant and Toddler Feeding written by Allison Hepworth and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate aim of translational research in the prevention sciences is to establish evidence-based programs and services that facilitate the adoption or maintenance of positive health behaviors. Success is indicated by reductions in the incidence of mental and behavioral health disorders at the individual and population levels, and universal support of evidence-based prevention policies. One barrier to realizing the translational research agenda is a limited understanding of how individuals naturally find and apply information related to preventive health behaviors. Such formative research could guide the development and adaption of evidence-based programs and services by offering insight into the content and delivery characteristics that promote information exposure, satisfaction, and application. Childhood obesity is an especially urgent public health problem that would benefit from research that supports translation. Recent estimates suggest that nearly one-in-five children have obesity, and over half of todays children will have obesity by age 35 without intervention. Parents of infants under 2 years of age have been identified as promising targets for childhood obesity prevention because of their proximal influence on childrens eating behavior and growth trajectories. Research is rapidly accumulating across the translational research spectrum on the association between parents child feeding behavior and later obesity risk. To ensure this research develops into evidence-based programs and services that improve public health, formative research is needed. The purpose of this dissertation is to inform the translational research process in the field of childhood obesity prevention by providing formative research on parents information seeking and use regarding infant and toddler feeding. I first present a new conceptual model of information seeking and use (the ISU model) constructed from existing theories of health behavior, information behavior, and health information seeking that provides the foundation for the research questions addressed in the dissertation (Chapter 1). I then explore how parents satisfaction with information about infant and toddler feeding is associated with their information seeking aptitude and information acquisition characteristics using data from a cross-sectional, parent-reported online survey (N = 423) regarding a naturally occurring information seeking occasion (Chapter 2). I use the same dataset to explore how parents behavioral application of the information they obtain is associated with their information seeking aptitude, information integration, and behavioral capacity and intent characteristics (Chapter 3). Lastly, I synthesize the information presented in Chapters 1 through 3 and present recommendations for future research regarding the design and adaptation of evidence-based programs for childhood obesity prevention (Chapter 4). The results presented in Chapter 2 suggest that parents satisfaction with infant and toddler feeding information was strongly and positively associated with their perceptions of information utility and trust in the information. Ease of information acquisition and clarity also showed positive and significant associations with satisfaction, however the effects were smaller in comparison to utility and trust. The results presented in Chapter 3 demonstrate that behavioral application of infant feeding information was classified best by feeling motivated by the information and moderate-to-high ratings of information satisfaction. Including demographic and socioeconomic characteristics did not improve the classification of behavioral application above and beyond information seeking aptitude, integration, and behavioral capacity and intent characteristics. Future research can use the ISU model and the empirical findings presented in this dissertation to guide the measurement and manipulation of variables across the information seeking and use process to optimize the reach and impact of evidence-based information.
Download or read book IFPRI in Africa written by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IFPRI IN AFRICA: For over 40 years, IFPRI has worked with partners in Africa at the country, regional, and continental levels to provide cuttingedge, policy-relevant research on food and nutrition security for policy makers, development partners, and stakeholders. Sharing this research and engaging through capacity building and dialogue informs effective policies, programs, and investments to help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably grown food.
Download or read book Infant Feeding written by John Worobey and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although infant feeding may be considered the primal form of motherinfant interaction, its treatment as a worthy subject of scientific investigation has only recently ascended to a position of importance. The reasons for our current interest are varied and important. For example, over the past fifty years the methods for studying feeding have improved, whether one speaks of analysing the composition of milk or the synchrony of the dyadic give-and-take during a feeding. Secondly, with breastfeeding rates having risen dramatically recently, the correlates of this societal change are undeniably of increased empirical interest. Finally, the current child obesity epidemic has propelled infant feeding to the forefront of the variety of public health strategies that will be needed to slow this crisis. The contributors to the present volume are all well-established researchers in the area of mother-infant interactions that surround infant feeding. With a mixture of theoretical underpinnings, methodological advances, and samples of current research, this book should serve as a useful reference for scientists and practitioners interested in the behavioral and health issues that surround infant feeding.
Download or read book WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health written by Joy D. Osofsky and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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