Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2015
Preventative lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) and young child feeding practices: findings from qualitative research in Haiti.
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- The effect of interventions distributing home fortification products on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices: A systematic narrative review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Preventive lipid-based nutrient supplements given with complementary foods to infants and young children 6 to 23 months of age for health, nutrition, and developmental outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Probiotics and Synbiotics Administered to Young Infants: Perceptions and Acceptability Amongst Carers and Healthcare Workers in Western Kenya.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of a locally produced ready-to-use supplementary food in preventing growth faltering for children under 2 years in Cambodia: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Trial
- Ghanaian parents' perceptions of pre and postnatal nutrient supplements and their effects.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Trial
- Economic determinants of breastfeeding in Haiti: The effects of poverty, food insecurity, and employment on exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Trial
- Impact of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant and young child feeding practices at 18 months of age: results from four randomized controlled trials in Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2017Trial
- Preventative lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) and young child feeding practices: findings from qualitative research in Haiti.Maternal & child nutrition · 2015Trial
- Acceptability, feasibility and equity implications of nutritional supplementation interventions for the prevention of wasting in infants and young children: A rapid qualitative evidence synthesis.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Review
- The Effectiveness of Nutritional Interventions on Maternal and Childhood Anaemia in Sindh, Pakistan.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of locally produced ready to use supplementary food on hemoglobin, anthropometrics, and plasma micronutrients concentrations of 6 to 23 months age children: a non-randomized community-based trial from Pakistan.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of nutritional supplementation during the first 1000-days of life to reduce child undernutrition: A cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2022Article
- Food supplements to reduce stunting in Pakistan: a process evaluation of community dynamics shaping uptake.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Intrahousehold management and use of nutritional supplements during the hunger gap in Maradi region, Niger: a qualitative study.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
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- Special nutritious solutions to enhance complementary feeding.Maternal & child nutrition · 2015Article
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Abstract
To prevent undernutrition in an urban slum in Haiti, a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) was introduced through a randomised control trial. Food supplementation for young child nutrition has a long history in Haiti, but there is little empirical information regarding the effects of supplementation on young child feeding practices. One of the concerns raised by supplementation is that it may disrupt other positive feeding practices such as breastfeeding and use of other complementary foods, with negative consequences for child nutrition. We conducted 29 in-depth interviews with mother-baby pairs from the three comparison groups: control, 3-month LNS supplementation and 6-month LNS supplementation. Findings from those in the LNS groups indicated high acceptance and satisfaction with LNS and perceptions that it positively affects child health and development. LNS was integrated into and enhanced ongoing complementary feeding practices. The effects of LNS use on duration and perceived quantity of breastfeeding were variable, but generally, breastfeeding was maintained during and after the intervention. Interviews generated insights into beliefs regarding infant and young child feeding practices such as introduction and use of complementary foods, and breastfeeding duration, exclusivity and cessation. Implications for the use of LNS in public health nutrition programmes are discussed.
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