Caroline Arimi
Biographic Data
| ID | 7985708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Arimi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Arimi |
| SIGNATURE | ARIMI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Breastfeeding counselling mentorship programme feasibility: A mixed-methods study
Objectives: To determine the feasibility of implementing a facility-based breastfeeding counselling (BFC) mentorship programme and its effect on mentee confidence and client perceptions of BFC. Setting: Mbagathi County Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Participants: Health facility management, health workers (twenty-one mentees and seven mentors), 120 pregnant women in the third trimester who attended an antenatal care (ANC) appointment at Mba…
Identifying and understanding barriers to optimal complementary feeding in Kenya
Optimal complementary feeding between the ages of 6 and 23 months provides children with the required range of nutritious and safe foods while continuing to be breastfed to meet their needs for essential nutrients and develop their full physical and cognitive potential. The rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life have increased from 32% in 2008 to 60% in 2022 in Kenya. However, the proportion of children between 6 and 23 mo…
Modelling policies to improve affordability and consumption of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
In Kenya 26% of children under age 5 experience stunted growth, 4% are wasted and 11% are underweight. In pregnant women, the prevalence of iron deficiency is 36% and iron-deficiency anaemia prevalence is 26%. Previous studies have identified affordability as a key barrier to the intake of nutrients, particularly from animal-source foods (ASFs). Thus, this study analyzes to what extent the affordability of ASF in Kenya can be improved. It focuses…
Evidence‐based complementary feeding recipe book for Kenyan caregivers: A novel approach
The Kenyan Ministry of Health (MOH) and a consortium of nutritionists, researchers and communication, and design specialists developed a novel approach to create an evidence-based recipe book promoting complementary feeding (CF) in Kenya. The ADAPT approach includes five steps: applied research (A), dialogue with stakeholders (D), adapted behaviour change communication (BCC) theories (A), purpose-driven visual communication (P), and tailoring to …
A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
Complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months is a key determinant of micronutrient deficiencies and childhood stunting, the burdens of which remain high in Kenya. This study examines the affordability of complementary foods to increase young children's nutrient consumption across eight provinces in Kenya. We combined data from household surveys, food composition tables and published sources to estimate the cost of portion sizes that coul…
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A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
Complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months is a key determinant of micronutrient deficiencies and childhood stunting, the burdens of which remain high in Kenya. This study examines the affordability of complementary foods to increase young children's nutrient consumption across eight provinces in Kenya. We combined data from household surveys, food composition tables and published sources to estimate the cost of portion sizes that coul…
Evidence‐based complementary feeding recipe book for Kenyan caregivers: A novel approach
The Kenyan Ministry of Health (MOH) and a consortium of nutritionists, researchers and communication, and design specialists developed a novel approach to create an evidence-based recipe book promoting complementary feeding (CF) in Kenya. The ADAPT approach includes five steps: applied research (A), dialogue with stakeholders (D), adapted behaviour change communication (BCC) theories (A), purpose-driven visual communication (P), and tailoring to …
Identifying and understanding barriers to optimal complementary feeding in Kenya
Optimal complementary feeding between the ages of 6 and 23 months provides children with the required range of nutritious and safe foods while continuing to be breastfed to meet their needs for essential nutrients and develop their full physical and cognitive potential. The rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life have increased from 32% in 2008 to 60% in 2022 in Kenya. However, the proportion of children between 6 and 23 mo…
Modelling policies to improve affordability and consumption of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya
In Kenya 26% of children under age 5 experience stunted growth, 4% are wasted and 11% are underweight. In pregnant women, the prevalence of iron deficiency is 36% and iron-deficiency anaemia prevalence is 26%. Previous studies have identified affordability as a key barrier to the intake of nutrients, particularly from animal-source foods (ASFs). Thus, this study analyzes to what extent the affordability of ASF in Kenya can be improved. It focuses…
Breastfeeding counselling mentorship programme feasibility: A mixed-methods study
Objectives: To determine the feasibility of implementing a facility-based breastfeeding counselling (BFC) mentorship programme and its effect on mentee confidence and client perceptions of BFC. Setting: Mbagathi County Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Participants: Health facility management, health workers (twenty-one mentees and seven mentors), 120 pregnant women in the third trimester who attended an antenatal care (ANC) appointment at Mba…
Medicine (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Breastfeeding (2 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Kenya (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)