Malia Uyehara

Biographic Data

ID7549741
NAMEMalia Uyehara
GIVEN NAMESMalia
FAMILY NAMEUyehara
SIGNATUREUYEHARA M
AFFILIATIONSCenter for Advancing Health
ORCID0000-0001-6097-6193
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Fathers’ engagement in a parenting program primarily intended for female caregivers

    Open AccessJoshua Jeong, Juliet K Mccann et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Parenting programs predominantly target one caregiver of the child or most commonly the child’s mother. However, fathers are also important caregivers whose engagement in interventions can benefit child health, nutrition, and development. In August 2023, a qualitative process evaluation was conducted during the first quarter of implementation to assess initial fidelity, quality, and outcomes of a parenting program in rural Western Kenya. In-depth…

  • Health professional competency building for the Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative in Malawi

    Open AccessAltrena Mukuria‐Ashe, Kanji Nyambo et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Health professional competency building is one of nine national responsibilities (to achieve universal coverage and sustainability) described in the 2018 World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) implementation guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). With stagnating rates of exclusive breastfeeding worldwide, skilled breastfeeding support as a standard of newborn care is critical to the establishme…

  • Promoting responsive care and early learning practices among caregivers of children 0–23 months in the Kyrgyz Republic

    Open AccessLesley Oot, Veronica Varela et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To assess changes in caregiver practices for young children after integrating the Responsive Care and Early Learning (RCEL) Addendum package into nutrition services after 10 months of implementation. Design: We measured changes in RCEL practices through a pre- and post-intervention assessment comprising a household survey and observations. To implement the intervention, we trained health service staff and community volunteers to delive…

  • Promoting responsive care and early learning practices in Northern Ghana

    Open AccessEnam Aidam, Veronica Varela et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: This study assesses change in caregiver practices after integrating responsive care and early learning (RCEL) in nutrition and health services and community platforms in northern Ghana. Design: We trained health facility workers and community health volunteers to deliver RCEL counselling to caregivers of children under 2 years of age through existing health facilities and community groups. We assessed changes in caregivers’ RCEL practi…

  • Nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities

    Open AccessAlyssa Klein, Malia Uyehara et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    One billion people worldwide have a disability, and 80 percent of them live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The prevalence of feeding difficulties globally ranges from 25–45 percent to 33–80 percent in children without and with disabilities, respectively. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, USAID Advancing Nutrition, conducted a scoping review of programs supporting nutri…

  • Implementing two national responsibilities of the revised Unicef/WHO Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative

    Open AccessAltrena Mukuria‐Ashe, Alyssa Klein et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    The 2018 implementation guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) recommends institutionalising the ten Steps through nine national responsibilities for universal coverage and sustainability. As countries adapt BFHI programmes to this paradigm shift away from traditional designation programmes, documenting and sharing policy and programme experience are critical and currently sparse. This qualitative case study included desk revie…