SynthesisPublic health nutrition2018
Systematic review of infant and young child complementary feeding practices in South Asian families: the Pakistan perspective.
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- Interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Complementary Feeding Practices for South Asian Young Children Living in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of infant and young child complementary feeding practices in South Asian families: the India perspective.Public health nutrition · 2018Pooled it
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- Spatial variation and determinants of inappropriate complementary feeding practice and its effect on the undernutrition of infants and young children aged 6 to 23 months in Ethiopia by using the Ethiopian Mini-demographic and health survey, 2019: spatial and multilevel analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Developing a community facilitator-led participatory learning and action women's group intervention to improve infant feeding, care and dental hygiene practices in South Asian infants: NEON programme.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Between and Within-Country Variations in Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in South Asia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Appropriate Complementary Feeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Who Have Children Aged between 6 and 24 Months in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Article
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- Predictors of complementary feeding practices among children aged 6-23 months in five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Pakistan.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Water insecurity potentially undermines dietary diversity of children aged 6-23 months: Evidence from India.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- 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
objectiveSuboptimal nutrition among children remains a problem among South Asian (SA) families. Appropriate complementary feeding (CF) practices can greatly reduce this risk. Thus, we undertook a systematic review of studies assessing CF (timing, dietary diversity, meal frequency and influencing factors) in children aged <2 years in Pakistan.
designSearches between January 2000 and June 2016 in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Web of Science, OVID Maternity & Infant Care, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, BanglaJOL, POPLINE and WHO Global Health Library. Eligibility criteria: primary research on CF practices in SA children aged 0-2 years and/or their families. Search terms: 'children', 'feeding' and 'Asians' with their derivatives. Two researchers undertook study selection, data extraction and quality appraisal (EPPI-Centre Weight of Evidence).
resultsFrom 45 712 results, seventeen studies were included. Despite adopting the WHO Infant and Young Child Feeding guidelines, suboptimal CF was found in all studies. Nine of fifteen studies assessing timing recorded CF introduced between 6 and 9 months. Five of nine observed dietary diversity across four of seven food groups; and two of four, minimum meal frequency in over 50 % of participants. Influencing factors included lack of CF knowledge, low maternal education, socio-economic status and cultural beliefs.
conclusionsThis is the first systematic review to evaluate CF practices in Pakistan. Campaigns to change health and nutrition behaviour are needed to meet the substantial unmet needs of these children.
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