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Tracking Weight-for-Age of Infants Using Home Based Newborn Care Plus by ASHA Workers

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Child malnutrition remains a serious global concern.  The authors of this study investigate  whether frequent home health visits by a CHW in the first year of a child’s life improve  the nutritional status of children. The study found statistically significant benefits to frequent home health visits by a CHW within the first year of a child’s life. This determined that frequent … [Read more...] about Tracking Weight-for-Age of Infants Using Home Based Newborn Care Plus by ASHA Workers

Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Child Stunting in Rural Guatemala: A Quality Improvement Model

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Despite efforts to increase access to evidence-based nutrition interventions, cases of chronic child malnutrition (stunting) in rural Guatemala are among  the highest in the world. The writers of this study examine a community-based quality improvement intervention in a region with a high rate of stunting. The addition of structured performance visualization, audit and feedback … [Read more...] about Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Child Stunting in Rural Guatemala: A Quality Improvement Model