Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Improving maternal and newborn care and young child feeding will decrease under five mortality and malnutrition in developing countries. To help design interventions in these areas, a study was conducted in the Lao PDR. The study found that washing...
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okr-10986-137012021-04-23T14:03:09Z Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Gillespie, Anna Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary Sirivongsa, Deuanesay Sayakoummane, Deuan Galloway, Rae ADVISORY SERVICES AIR BATHING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CAREGIVERS CAROTENE CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOODS DIARRHEA DIET DIGESTION DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EATING HABITS EGGS FAMILIES FATHERS FIELD RESEARCH FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH STATISTICS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE HYPOTHERMIA INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INJURIES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS IRON LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDIA MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MORTALITY MOTHERS MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COUNSELING NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PACIFIC REGION PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PREGNANCY PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS RESEARCH METHODS RICE RIVERS SEPSIS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VEGETABLES WALKING WEIGHT WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Improving maternal and newborn care and young child feeding will decrease under five mortality and malnutrition in developing countries. To help design interventions in these areas, a study was conducted in the Lao PDR. The study found that washing newborns after delivery and delaying breastfeeding for 1-3 days are common practices that may expose newborns to hypothermia. Few caregivers practice clean cord care and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, increasing the risk of infection. Most women deliver at home without assistance from a trained provider. They also restrict what they eat based on traditional beliefs about foods thought to affect mothers' health or breastmilk. Traditional beliefs also determine how young children are fed. Most caregivers, when asked to try four feeding recommendations for young children (add or give more animal food, increase the amount of food, number of feedings, and vegetables and fruits), were willing to try and continue them. Many caregivers were surprised about how much and what types of foods children can consume, if they are encouraged to, and valued receiving new information about how to improve young child feeding. The study conclusions are that newborn care can be improved using low-cost technologies such as keeping newborns warm by deferring washing for 24 hours, and wiping, wrapping and breastfeeding newborns immediately after delivery. Risk of infection can be reduced by proper care of the umbilical cord and by exclusively breastfeeding infants for six months. What women eat can be improved by promoting the consumption of certain foods that improve the quality and quantity of breastmilk. To improve the feeding of young children, messages are needed about how much and what types of foods they require and how to encourage them to eat those foods. 2013-05-30T18:09:36Z 2013-05-30T18:09:36Z 2004-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5271938/consulting-caregivers-using-formative-research-improve-maternal-newborn-care-infant-young-child-feeding-lao-peoples-democratic-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13701 English en_US HNP discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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ADVISORY SERVICES AIR BATHING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CAREGIVERS CAROTENE CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOODS DIARRHEA DIET DIGESTION DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EATING HABITS EGGS FAMILIES FATHERS FIELD RESEARCH FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH STATISTICS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE HYPOTHERMIA INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INJURIES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS IRON LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDIA MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MORTALITY MOTHERS MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COUNSELING NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PACIFIC REGION PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PREGNANCY PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS RESEARCH METHODS RICE RIVERS SEPSIS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VEGETABLES WALKING WEIGHT WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN |
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ADVISORY SERVICES AIR BATHING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES CAREGIVERS CAROTENE CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOODS DIARRHEA DIET DIGESTION DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EATING HABITS EGGS FAMILIES FATHERS FIELD RESEARCH FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH STATISTICS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER HYGIENE HYPOTHERMIA INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INFECTION INJURIES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS IRON LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDIA MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MORTALITY MOTHERS MOTHERS NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION COUNSELING NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PACIFIC REGION PARENTS PARTNERSHIP PREGNANCY PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS RESEARCH METHODS RICE RIVERS SEPSIS STUNTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TETANUS VEGETABLES WALKING WEIGHT WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Gillespie, Anna Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary Sirivongsa, Deuanesay Sayakoummane, Deuan Galloway, Rae Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Improving maternal and newborn care and
young child feeding will decrease under five mortality and
malnutrition in developing countries. To help design
interventions in these areas, a study was conducted in the
Lao PDR. The study found that washing newborns after
delivery and delaying breastfeeding for 1-3 days are common
practices that may expose newborns to hypothermia. Few
caregivers practice clean cord care and exclusive
breastfeeding for the first six months, increasing the risk
of infection. Most women deliver at home without assistance
from a trained provider. They also restrict what they eat
based on traditional beliefs about foods thought to affect
mothers' health or breastmilk. Traditional beliefs also
determine how young children are fed. Most caregivers, when
asked to try four feeding recommendations for young children
(add or give more animal food, increase the amount of food,
number of feedings, and vegetables and fruits), were willing
to try and continue them. Many caregivers were surprised
about how much and what types of foods children can consume,
if they are encouraged to, and valued receiving new
information about how to improve young child feeding. The
study conclusions are that newborn care can be improved
using low-cost technologies such as keeping newborns warm by
deferring washing for 24 hours, and wiping, wrapping and
breastfeeding newborns immediately after delivery. Risk of
infection can be reduced by proper care of the umbilical
cord and by exclusively breastfeeding infants for six
months. What women eat can be improved by promoting the
consumption of certain foods that improve the quality and
quantity of breastmilk. To improve the feeding of young
children, messages are needed about how much and what types
of foods they require and how to encourage them to eat those foods. |
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Gillespie, Anna Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary Sirivongsa, Deuanesay Sayakoummane, Deuan Galloway, Rae |
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Gillespie, Anna Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary Sirivongsa, Deuanesay Sayakoummane, Deuan Galloway, Rae |
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Gillespie, Anna |
| title |
Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Consulting with Caregivers : Using Formative Research to Improve Maternal and Newborn Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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consulting with caregivers : using formative research to improve maternal and newborn care and infant and young child feeding in the lao people's democratic republic |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5271938/consulting-caregivers-using-formative-research-improve-maternal-newborn-care-infant-young-child-feeding-lao-peoples-democratic-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13701 |
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