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  Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Malnutrition of Infants in Rajasthan, India: A Mixed Methods Study

  PLoS ONE, 2012

  This paper aims to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-foremployment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
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  Framing Child Nutrition in Developing Countries: A Human Security Perspective

  Journal of Global Health Governance, 2012

  Child deaths due to the insidious malnutrition epidemic are a seminal challenge to human security in low and middle-income countries. In addition to hunger interfering with human potential, poor nutritional status leads to long-term health inequalities and disabling conditions.
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  A systematic review of community hand washing interventions leading to changes in hygiene behavior in the developing world

  Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2012

  Educational interventions in hygienic practices have shown to be cost effective methods of controlling diarrhea and other diseases spread through poor hygiene. Hand washing is one method of breaking the chain of transmission between household contacts, and especially between mother and child.
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  Motivation and job satisfaction among multipurpose health workers in hilly and non-hilly areas of Jashpur District, Chhattisgarh: an exploratory study.

  2012

  It is essential to have a capable and motivated health workforce for building an effective, responsive health system and in turn achieve national health goals. The present cross sectional study was conducted in Chhattisgarh, India to assess the level of motivation and job satisfaction among multipurpose health workers (MPWs) and to study factors influencing them.
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  Mapping of nutrition teaching and training initiatives in India: the need for Public Health Nutrition

  Public Health Nutrition, 2012

  This paper is a situational analysis of Public Health Nutrition (PHN) across India, mapping teaching and training initiatives. The analysis was conducted using a combination of Internet search, telephone calls as well as interviews with experts. Information collected was pooled and tabulated using a snowball approach.
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  Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2012

  Although child and maternal malnutrition has been reduced in Bangladesh, the prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age z-score <-2) among children aged less than five years is still high (41%). Nearly one-third of women are undernourished with body mass index of <18.5 kg/m2.
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  Anaemia among students of rural China’s elementary schools: prevalence and correlates in Ningxia and Qinghai’s poor counties

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2011

  Although the past few decades have seen rising incomes and increased government attention to rural development, many children in rural China still lack regular access to micronutrient-rich diets.
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  Perceptions of Malawian nurses about nursing interventions for malnourished children and their parents

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2011

  In developing countries, malnutrition among children is a major public-health issue. The aim of the study is to describe perceptions of Malawian nurses about nursing interventions for malnourished children and their parents. A qualitative method was used. Data were collected and analysed according to the phenomenographic research approach.
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  Prevalence of food insecurity among women in northern Jordan

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2012

  Food insecurity (not having sufficient quantities of good-quality foods) is inversely related to physical and mental health and directly related to poor dietary intake. The objectives of this research are to:
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  Beliefs about causes and consequences of obesity among women in two Mexican cities

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2012

  Personal beliefs might be barriers to the prevention and treatment of obesity. To assess the beliefs about causes and consequences of and possible solutions to obesity among 18-40 years old women in two Mexican cities and to analyse the association with demographic variables, a questionnaire was developed to assess the women’s weight status.

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