A Call to Action for Social Workers: Food Insecurity and Child Health

Social Work ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Martinez ◽  
E. Kawam
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
And Child Health

Food Insecurity and Child Health

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M.C. Thomas ◽  
Daniel P Miller ◽  
Taryn Morrissey
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Food Insecurity and Child Health

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. e20190397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M.C. Thomas ◽  
Daniel P. Miller ◽  
Taryn W. Morrissey
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Household food insecurity and child health

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e12301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kammi K. Schmeer ◽  
Barbara A. Piperata
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Food ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Maternal and Child Health from the Perspective of Army Social Workers

1998 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Brenda L. Gearhart ◽  
Elwood R. Hamlin
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals “When I Eat Well, I Will Be Healthy, and the Child Will Also Be Healthy”: Maternal Nutrition among HIV-Infected Women Enrolled in a Livelihood Intervention in Western Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie McDonough ◽  
Sheri D Weiser ◽  
Afkera Daniel ◽  
Elly Weke ◽  
Pauline Wekesa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
And Child Health

ABSTRACT Background Food insecurity remains a major obstacle to achieving health and well-being for individuals living with HIV in western Kenya. Studies have shown that pregnant women are vulnerable to experiencing food insecurity worldwide, with significant consequences for both maternal and child health. The Shamba Maisha cluster randomized controlled trial in western Kenya (which means “farming for life” in Swahili) tested the effects of a multisectoral livelihood intervention consisting of agricultural and finance trainings, farm inputs, and a loan on health and food security among 746 farmers living with HIV in Kisumu, Homa Bay, and Migori Counties. Objectives We conducted a qualitative substudy within the Shamba Maisha trial to understand the experiences and perspectives of pregnant women living with HIV enrolled in the trial. Methods Thirty women who had experienced a pregnancy during the Shamba Maisha study period, comprising 20 women in the intervention arm and 10 women in the control arm, completed in-depth interviews using a semistructured interview guide. Results Intervention participants interviewed noted improvements in maternal nutrition compared with previous pregnancies, which they attributed to the livelihood intervention. Key identified pathways to improved nutrition included improved access to vegetables, increased variety of diet through vegetable sales, and improved nutritional awareness. Women in the intervention arm also perceived increased weight gain compared with prior pregnancies and increased strength and energy throughout pregnancy. Conclusions Livelihood interventions represent a promising solution to alleviate food insecurity for pregnant women in order to improve maternal and child health outcomes. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02815579.

scholarly journals Nutrition Interventions Integrated into an Existing Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Program Reduce Food Insecurity Among Recently Delivered and Pregnant Women in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A Frongillo ◽  
Phuong H Nguyen ◽  
Tina Sanghvi ◽  
Zeba Mahmud ◽  
Bachera Aktar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Nutrition Interventions ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Focused Antenatal Care ◽  
And Child Health

ABSTRACT Background Antenatal care may be a means to reduce food insecurity in pregnancy and postpartum periods. Objective With the use of a cluster-randomized design, we tested whether participation in nutrition-focused antenatal care intending to improve household knowledge about the importance of nutrition for pregnant and lactating women and encourage allocation of household resources to ensure sufficient quality and quantity of foods, without providing food assistance, would reduce household food insecurity. Methods Alive & Thrive integrated nutrition interventions into an existing Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) program in Bangladesh. The nutrition-focused MNCH package was delivered in 10 subdistricts through antenatal care visits with the use of interpersonal communication, community mobilization, and monitoring of weight gain, aiming to improve maternal diet quality, quantity, and micronutrient intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The package included components that could reduce food insecurity, measured using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. To examine the impact of the nutrition-focused MNCH package compared with the standard MNCH package, we used linear and multinomial logit regression models, adjusted for subdistrict clustering, to test differences at endline in items, domains, and categories of food insecurity, after first confirming no differences at baseline. Results At baseline, nearly half of households were food insecure. At endline, the groups differed in food insecurity, whether expressed as items, domains, or categories, with food insecurity in the nutrition-focused MNCH group 22 percentage points lower than in the standard MNCH group and 20 percentage points lower than at baseline. Conclusions Participation in nutrition-focused antenatal care reduced household food insecurity among recently delivered and pregnant women. Integration of social and behavioral nutrition interventions into antenatal care with components that promote food security provides a potentially effective means to reduce food insecurity, without incurring high costs of providing supplemental food, in populations where limited resources can be directed towards accessing adequate and appropriate foods. Registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02745249.

scholarly journals A Dynamics Appraisal of Association among Food Insecurity, Women and Child Health: Evidence from Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahzad Hameed ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Nazish Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcome ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Child Health Outcome ◽  
Child Health Outcomes ◽  
And Child Health

Food insecurity has adverse consequences on women and child health in a developing country. This study aims to fill the existing research gap by examining the dynamic impacts of food insecurity on women and child health outcomes, this study adds fresh large scale panel data; and unlike the existing studies, this study estimates the short-run dynamics on food insecurity on women as child health of developing countries. We found that there was a positive association between health expenditure, women's fertility rate, women, and child health outcomes. There was a negative and statistically significant impact of food insecurity on women anemia in developing countries of Asia. Overall, the empirical analysis found that there was a strong strength to be a negative correlation between food insecurity and women and child health outcome, particularly in relation to women’s participation as a productive labor force. The study suggests that there is need to multidimensional approaches such as women and child health outcome, is needed to advance this type of research areas and should be followed broad-spectrum policy interventions to improve the women and child health status as part of sustainable development goals.

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