Adriano Cattaneo

Biographic Data

ID7550615
NAMEAdriano Cattaneo
GIVEN NAMESAdriano
FAMILY NAMECattaneo
SIGNATURECATTANEO A
AFFILIATIONSIRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo
ORCID0000-0001-9172-057X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Monitoring gestational weight gain

    Open AccessPaola Pani, Claudia Carletti et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The surveillance system offers an overview of the weight status of women during pregnancy. About 1/3 of women entered pregnancy with unsatisfactory BMI and 2/3 did not achieve the recommended weight gain. This surveillance system can be an effective tool to guide public health interventions

  • Infant feeding policies and monitoring systems

    Open AccessHelen Gray, Irena Zakarija‐Grković et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    Implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding varies widely among countries. Policymakers would benefit from insights into obstacles and enablers. Our aim was to explore the processes behind the development and implementation of national infant and young child feeding policies and monitoring systems in Europe. A qualitative study design was employed to analyze open text responses from six European countries (Croatia, Ge…

  • Diet and physical activity in pre-school children

    Open AccessClaudia Carletti, Anna Macaluso et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013

    Objective To test a surveillance system on diet and physical activity based on data gathered at well-child visits. Design Cross-sectional data collection on growth, diet, physical activity and sociodemographic variables. Setting Offices of 179 paediatricians in three Italian regions. Subjects 26 898 children for a total of 32 915 well-child visits at 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 12, 18, 24, 36 and 60–72 months of age. Results The BMI Z -score was lower than t…

  • Rethinking health systems strengthening

    Open AccessR C Swanson, Adriano Cattaneo et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2012References: 30

    While reaching consensus on future plans to address current global health challenges is far from easy, there is broad agreement that reductionist approaches that suggest a limited set of targeted interventions to improve health around the world are inadequate. We argue that a comprehensive systems perspective should guide health practice, education, research and policy. We propose key 'systems thinking' tools and strategies that have the potentia…

  • ESPGHAN's 2008 recommendation for early introduction of complementary foods

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Carol Williams et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2011

    Since 2002, the World Health Organization and many governments and professional associations have recommended exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months followed by complementary feeding (giving solid foods alongside breast milk) as optimal infant feeding practice. Several articles have been published challenging this recommendation. Arguably, the most influential has been the 2008 commentary of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepa…

  • Authors' response to the letter from ESPGHAN CoN

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Carol Williams et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2011

  • Protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Tea Burmaz et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010

    Objective To assess progress in the protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe. Design Data for 2002 and 2007 were gathered with the same questionnaire. Of thirty countries, twenty-nine returned data for 2002, twenty-four for 2007. Results The number of countries with national policies complying with WHO recommendations increased. In 2007, six countries lacked a national policy, three a national plan, four a national breast-fee…

  • Child nutrition in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Arnold Timmer et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2008

    Background Countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States made little progress in child nutrition and mortality between 1990 and 2005. The present paper assesses the nutritional status of children Methods Data on low birth weight, infant and young child feeding, underweight, overweight and micronutrient deficiencies were compiled from available reports and databases, complemented through questionnaires to UNICEF Country Offices, and analysed…

  • Protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Agneta Yngve et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2008

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  • User fees in private non-for-profit hospitals in Uganda

    Open AccessJoseph Amone, Salome Asio et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2005

    BACKGROUND: In developing countries, user fees may represent an important source of revenues for private-non-for-profit hospitals, but they may also affect access, use and equity. METHODS: This survey was conducted in ten hospitals of the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau to assess differences in user fees policies and to propose changes that would better fit with the social concern explicitly pursued by the Bureau. Through a review of relevant hosp…

  • Protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe

    Open AccessAdriano Cattaneo, Agneta Yngve et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2005

    Objective To describe the current situation regarding protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe, as a first step towards the development of a blueprint for action. Design and setting A questionnaire was completed by 29 key informants and 128 other informants in the EU, including member states, accession and candidate countries. Results EU countries do not fully comply with the policies and recommendations of the Global Strateg…