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Understanding care and feeding practices: building blocks for a sustainable intervention in India and Pakistan
Author(s) -
Lingam Raghu,
Gupta Pallavi,
Zafar Shamsa,
Hill Zelee,
Yousafzai Aisha,
Iyengar Sharad,
Sikander Siham,
Haq Zaeem ul,
Mehta Shilpa,
SkordisWorrel Jolene,
Rahman Atif,
Kirkwood Betty
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.12326
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychological intervention , malnutrition , intervention (counseling) , scale (ratio) , economic growth , sustainable development , business , environmental health , psychology , medicine , nursing , political science , geography , economics , cartography , psychiatry , law
Undernutrition and inadequate stimulation both negatively influence child health and development and have a long‐term impact on school attainment and income. This paper reports data from India and Pakistan looking at how families interact, play with, and feed children; their expectations of growth and development; and the perceived benefits, consequences, opportunities, and barriers of adopting recommended feeding and developmental behaviors. These data were collected as part of formative research for the Sustainable Program Incorporating Nutrition and Games (SPRING) trial. This trial aims to deliver an innovative, feasible, affordable, and sustainable intervention that can achieve delivery at a scale of known effective interventions that maximize child development, growth, and survival and improve maternal psychosocial well‐being in rural India and Pakistan.