The Healthy Baby Flipbook: piloting home-based counseling for refugee mothers to improve infant feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices

被引：6
作者：
Hashmi, Ahmar [1 ,2 ]
Carrara, Verena I. [1 ,3 ]
Nyein, Paw Bay [1 ]
Darakamon, Mu Chae [1 ]
Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew [4 ]
McGready, Rose [1 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Mahidol Univ, Mahidol Oxford Trop Med Res Unit, Shoklo Malaria Res Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand
[2] Chiang Mai Univ, Fac Med, Dept Family Med, Chiang Mai, Thailand
[3] Swiss Trop & Publ Hlth Inst, Dept Med, Basel, Switzerland
[4] Mahidol Univ, Fac Trop Med, Mahidol Oxford Trop Med Res Unit, Bangkok, Thailand
[5] Univ Oxford, Ctr Trop Med & Global Hlth, Nuffield Dept Med, Oxford, England
来源：
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION | 2019年 / 12卷 / 01期
关键词：
Infant nutritional physiological phenomena; breastfeeding; feeding behavior; counseling; vulnerable populations; INTERVENTIONS; GROWTH; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1080/16549716.2018.1560115
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Problems in growth and undernutrition manifest in early infancy, with suboptimal breastfeeding and inadequate complementary feeding remaining strong risk factors for chronic undernutrition in infants. No published studies exist on educational interventions to improve infant feeding practices among refugees or displaced persons in low and middle-income (LMIC) settings. The objective of this study was to create and pilot educational materials for home-based counseling of refugee mothers along the Thailand-Myanmar border to improve appropriate infant feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviors. Mothers of infants received counseling on appropriate infant feeding and WASH practices on a monthly basis for a total of six months from infant age three months until nine months. Educational materials were designed to feature a basic script for health workers and photos of locally available, appropriate foods. Of the 20 mothers participating in this pilot, infant feeding and WASH behaviors improved within 1 to 2 months of the first visit, including exclusive breastfeeding, minimum acceptable diet, and safe disposal of infant stool. This pilot demonstrates improvement in maternal infant feeding and WASH practices in a small set of refugee mothers, providing evidence for counseling measures to improve infant health in vulnerable populations.
引用
收藏
页数：5
相关论文
共 16 条
  • [1] [Anonymous], 2008, IND ASS INF YOUNG 2
  • [2] Protecting and improving breastfeeding practices during a major emergency: lessons learnt from the baby tents in Haiti
    Ayoya, Mohamed Ag
    Golden, Kate
    Ngnie-Teta, Ismael
    Moreaux, Marjolein D.
    Mamadoultaibou, Aissa
    Koo, Leslie
    Boyd, Erin
    Beauliere, Jean Max
    Lesavre, Celine
    Marhone, Joseline Pierre
    [J]. BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2013, 91 (08) : 612 - 617
  • [3] Improved pregnancy outcome in refugees and migrants despite low literacy on the Thai-Burmese border: results of three cross-sectional surveys
    Carrara, Verena I.
    Hogan, Celia
    De Pree, Cecilia
    Nosten, Francois
    McGready, Rose
    [J]. BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, 2011, 11
  • [4] Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries
    Imdad, Aamer
    Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar
    Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
    [J]. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2011, 11
  • [5] Impact of maternal education about complementary feeding and provision of complementary foods on child growth in developing countries
    Imdad, Aamer
    Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar
    Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
    [J]. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2011, 11
  • [6] Lumbiganon P, 2016, COCHRANE DB SYST REV, V12
  • [7] The first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition
    Mason, John B.
    Shrimpton, Roger
    Saldanha, Lisa S.
    Ramakrishnan, Usha
    Victora, Cesar G.
    Girard, Amy Webb
    McFarland, Deborah A.
    Martorell, Reynaldo
    [J]. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION, 2014, 7 : 23623
  • [8] Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies
    McFadden, Alison
    Gavine, Anna
    Renfrew, Mary J.
    Wade, Angela
    Buchanan, Phyll
    Taylor, Jane L.
    Veitch, Emma
    Rennie, Anne Marie
    Crowther, Susan A.
    Neiman, Sara
    MacGillivray, Stephen
    [J]. COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, 2017, (02):
  • [9] Complementary Feeding Interventions Have a Small but Significant Impact on Linear and Ponderal Growth of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Panjwani, Anita
    Heidkamp, Rebecca
    [J]. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 2017, 147 (11) : 2169S - 2178S
  • [10] Stunting Persists despite Optimal Feeding: Are Toilets Part of the Solution?
    Prendergast, Andrew J.
    Humphrey, Jean H.
    [J]. LOW-BIRTHWEIGHT BABY: BORN TOO SOON OR TOO SMALL, 2015, 81 : 99 - 110
12