Margaret Armar‐Klemesu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6455648 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Margaret Armar‐Klemesu |
| PRENOMES | Margaret |
| SOBRENOME | Armar‐Klemesu |
| ASSINATURA | KLEMESU M A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 70 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Is there a “complementary feeding cultural core” in rural Kenya? Results from ethnographic research in five counties
This investigation used data from focused ethnographic studies in five rural counties in Kenya to determine whether the concept of "special foods for infants and young children" exists in the different ethnic groups in these areas as an identifiable component of cultural beliefs and knowledge, as well as in practice, and whether they can be characterized as a "complementary feeding cultural core." The concept of "cultural core foods" refers to th…
Identifying interventions to help rural Kenyan mothers cope with food insecurity
An ethnographic study was conducted in two areas in southern and western Kenya to identify potential interventions to improve the quality, availability and affordability of foods consumed by infants and young children. A cultural-ecological model of determinants of nutrition identified the sectors of information for data collection related to infant and young child (IYC) diet and feeding-related behaviours, and the focused ethnographic study manu…
Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition‐specific, agricultural and market‐based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural…
Several types of interventions can be used to improve nutrient intake adequacy in infant and young child (IYC) diets, including fortified foods, home fortification, nutrition education and behaviour change communication (BCC) in addition to agricultural and market-based strategies. However, the appropriate selection of interventions depends on the social, cultural, physical and economic context of the population. Derived from two rural Kenyan pop…
The focused ethnographic study ‘assessing the behavioral and local market environment for improving the diets of infants and young children 6 to 23 months old’ and its use in three countries
The concept of a focused ethnographic study (FES) emerged as a new methodology to answer specific sets of questions that are required by agencies, policymakers, programme planners or by project implementation teams in order to make decisions about future actions with respect to social, public health or nutrition interventions, and for public-private partnership activities. This paper describes the FES on complementary feeding that was commissione…
Balancing nurturance, cost and time
This paper presents a picture of the general patterns of complementary feeding behaviours in urban Ghana. A focused ethnographic study protocol for assessing complementary feeding developed for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition was used to collect data from caregivers of children 6-24 months of age. We examined the multiple factors that influence the selection of foods for infants and young children in this urban setting, and found that …
Providing free maternal health care
BACKGROUND: There is a growing movement, globally and in the Africa region, to reduce financial barriers to health care generally, but with particular emphasis on high priority services and vulnerable groups. OBJECTIVE: This article reports on the experience of implementing a national policy to exempt women from paying for delivery care in public, mission and private health facilities in Ghana. DESIGN: Using data from a complex evaluation which w…
Roundtable
MOTHERS are still dying during childbirth in your country. We write to you for this reason and because this is a crucial year for accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality - a three-quarters reduction by 2015. Over 99% of the worlds maternal deaths occur in developing countries. The women dying are in their prime of life: they are crucial to society and the economy; they sustain the next generation; they…
Alternative food-security indicators
Working Women in an Urban Setting
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Alternative food-security indicators
Working Women in an Urban Setting
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Roundtable
MOTHERS are still dying during childbirth in your country. We write to you for this reason and because this is a crucial year for accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality - a three-quarters reduction by 2015. Over 99% of the worlds maternal deaths occur in developing countries. The women dying are in their prime of life: they are crucial to society and the economy; they sustain the next generation; they…
Providing free maternal health care
BACKGROUND: There is a growing movement, globally and in the Africa region, to reduce financial barriers to health care generally, but with particular emphasis on high priority services and vulnerable groups. OBJECTIVE: This article reports on the experience of implementing a national policy to exempt women from paying for delivery care in public, mission and private health facilities in Ghana. DESIGN: Using data from a complex evaluation which w…
Balancing nurturance, cost and time
This paper presents a picture of the general patterns of complementary feeding behaviours in urban Ghana. A focused ethnographic study protocol for assessing complementary feeding developed for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition was used to collect data from caregivers of children 6-24 months of age. We examined the multiple factors that influence the selection of foods for infants and young children in this urban setting, and found that …
The focused ethnographic study ‘assessing the behavioral and local market environment for improving the diets of infants and young children 6 to 23 months old’ and its use in three countries
The concept of a focused ethnographic study (FES) emerged as a new methodology to answer specific sets of questions that are required by agencies, policymakers, programme planners or by project implementation teams in order to make decisions about future actions with respect to social, public health or nutrition interventions, and for public-private partnership activities. This paper describes the FES on complementary feeding that was commissione…
Identifying interventions to help rural Kenyan mothers cope with food insecurity
An ethnographic study was conducted in two areas in southern and western Kenya to identify potential interventions to improve the quality, availability and affordability of foods consumed by infants and young children. A cultural-ecological model of determinants of nutrition identified the sectors of information for data collection related to infant and young child (IYC) diet and feeding-related behaviours, and the focused ethnographic study manu…
Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition‐specific, agricultural and market‐based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural…
Several types of interventions can be used to improve nutrient intake adequacy in infant and young child (IYC) diets, including fortified foods, home fortification, nutrition education and behaviour change communication (BCC) in addition to agricultural and market-based strategies. However, the appropriate selection of interventions depends on the social, cultural, physical and economic context of the population. Derived from two rural Kenyan pop…
Is there a “complementary feeding cultural core” in rural Kenya? Results from ethnographic research in five counties
This investigation used data from focused ethnographic studies in five rural counties in Kenya to determine whether the concept of "special foods for infants and young children" exists in the different ethnic groups in these areas as an identifiable component of cultural beliefs and knowledge, as well as in practice, and whether they can be characterized as a "complementary feeding cultural core." The concept of "cultural core foods" refers to th…
Medicine (9 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Nursing (5 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Poverty (4 obras)