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| Arimond, Mary; Ruel, Marie T.. |
| The role of care as a critical influence on child nutrition, health, and development has received increasing attention in the last decade. While the role of care has been well elaborated at a conceptual level, we still lack simple, valid, and reliable tools to measure many aspects of care. In this review, experience with the measurement of selected childcare and feeding practices is summarized and implications for programs are discussed. Hygiene practices The use of interviews and recall methods is discouraged for the measurement of hygiene practices because research has shown that responses tend to be biased towards overreporting of “good” practices. Observational methods are therefore the method of choice, but they are subject to problems of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16432 |
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| Ruel, Marie T.; Armar-Klemesu, Margaret; Arimond, Mary. |
| This document summarizes findings from the Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study (AUFNS) about the importance of care as an input to child nutrition and the relative contribution of various maternal and household resources to the provision of care. Findings from the quantitative survey (n = 556) and the in-depth observational study (n = 22) are reviewed and complemented with insights from the participatory rapid appraisals (PRAs) carried out at the onset of the study. Results of each phase of the research have been reported separately; this report aims to integrate findings from all three components. The key findings related to the five main questions addressed by this study are summarized as follows. ! Is care an important input into child nutrition in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16473 |
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| Arimond, Mary; Ruel, Marie T.. |
| Summary indicators for measuring and assessing infant and child feeding practices are needed for research, communication and advocacy, and program evaluation. This paper reports on progress in developing a summary measure of infant and child feeding practices that addresses the following two challenges: infant and child feeding is multidimensional, and appropriate practices vary by age of the child. Much previous research in the area of infant and child feeding has focused on single practices over a narrow age range and so has not addressed the determinants and impact of adequate or optimal infant and child feeding. Using data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey, an infant and child feeding index is constructed, summarizing a range of key... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16388 |
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