ReviewMaternal & child nutrition2017
Scaling-up interventions to improve infant and young child feeding in India: What will it take?
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- Association between mass media exposure and infant and young child feeding practices in India: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Is respectful care provided by community health workers associated with infant feeding practices? A cross sectional analysis from India.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators to implementing recommended infant nutrition practices in Mumbai, India.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2020Article
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- Proximal and contextual correlates of childhood stunting in India: A geo-spatial analysis.PloS one · 2020Article
- The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2019Article
- Progress in reducing child mortality and stunting in India: an application of the Lives Saved Tool.Health policy and planning · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of a mobile health intervention on infant and young child feeding among children ≤ 24 months of age in rural Islamabad over six months duration.F1000Research · 2019Article
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Abstract
We assessed India's readiness to deliver infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions by examining elements related to policy, implementation, financing, and evidence. We based our analysis on review of (a) nutrition policy guidance and program platforms, (b) published literature on interventions to improve IYCF in India, and (c) IYCF program models implemented between 2007 and 2012. We find that Indian policies are well aligned with global technical guidance on counselling interventions. However, guidelines for complementary food supplements (CFS) need to be reexamined. Two national programs with the operational infrastructure to deliver IYCF interventions offer great potential for scale, but more operational guidance, capacity, and monitoring are needed to actively support delivery of IYCF counselling at scale by available frontline workers. Many IYCF implementation efforts to date have experimented with approaches to improve breastfeeding and initiation of complementary feeding but not with improving diet diversity or the quality of food supplements. Financing is currently inadequate to deliver CFS at scale, and governance issues affect the quality and reach of CFS. Available evidence from Indian studies supports the use of counselling strategies to improve breastfeeding practices and initiation of complementary feeding, but limited evidence exists on improving full spectrum of IYCF practices and the impact and operational aspects of CFS in India. We conclude that India is well positioned to support the full spectrum of IYCF using existing policies and delivery platforms, but capacity, financing, and evidence gaps on critical areas of programming can limit impact at scale.
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