A survey of mothers in rural Uganda has shown that, among a range of resources available to them, social support is the strongest predictor of sufficient nutrition for their infants. …
Category: Infant diet
A recent study from a coffee growing region of Ethiopia has shown that adequate diet for children correlates with both maternal autonomy and paternal engagement in childcare, two key characteristics …
An Ethiopian study has found that what a young child (6 -23 months) eats correlates with many aspects of fathers’ knowledge and practice of child health and childcare. Children are …
A new World Bank study has questioned the widespread assumption in development policy that cash payments to families to enhance child health should necessarily be targeted at mothers and not …
A community-based parenting programme in Uganda engaging both mothers and fathers and their children under 3 years has found that the most popular message in the programme was “love and …
Early next year (2016) Family Included will be commencing its first collaborative international research study. The research focuses on increasing awareness about a healthy diet in pregnancy and during the …
In western Kenya, PATH researchers from US and Kenya organised eight father and ten grandmother self-help groups to promote and support recommended maternal diet and infant/child feeding practices. After four …