ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Suboptimal infant and young child feeding practices among internally displaced persons during conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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- Systematic review of health and disease in Ukrainian children highlights poor child health and challenges for those treating refugees.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of infant and young child feeding practices in conflict areas: what the evidence advocates.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
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- Support for infant and young child feeding and care in emergencies: experiences from Australia and eleven other high-income countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Good practice in lactation counseling for Ukrainian refugee mothers to ensure the health and mental benefits of breastfeeding - an observational study.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Observational
- Detrimental Changes in Individual Health-Promoting Behaviors Among Internally Displaced Israelis.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Infant and young child feeding practices among conflict-affected Ukrainian households: A cross-sectional survey in Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa regions.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Infant formula donations and code violations during earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye in 2023: an observational study.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Observational
- "I could not find the strength to resist the pressure of the medical staff, to refuse to give commercial milk formula": a qualitative study on effects of the war on Ukrainian women's infant feeding.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Infant and young child feeding practices in refugee settings across 203 population-based surveys from 2013-2019.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
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- Rotaviruses and Noroviruses as Etiological Agents of Acute Intestinal Diseases of Ukrainian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Complementary feeding practice and associated factors among internally displaced mothers of children aged 6-23 months in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Emergency and disaster response strategies to support mother-infant dyads during COVID-19.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2021Article
- Barriers and challenges of infant feeding in disasters in middle- and high-income countries.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Review
- Linking armed conflict to malnutrition during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and childhood.Global food security · 2021Article
- Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2021Article
- Short-term nutrition and growth indicators in 6-month- to 6-year-old children are improved following implementation of a multidisciplinary community-based programme in a chronic conflict setting.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Nutritional counselling interactions between health workers and caregivers of children under two years: observations at selected child welfare clinics in Ghana.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Violent conflict and breastfeeding: the case of Iraq.Conflict and health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine current status, areas for improvement and effect of conflict on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among internally displaced persons (IDP) in eastern Ukraine.
designCross-sectional household survey, June 2015.
settingKharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia oblasts (Ukrainian administrative divisions) bordering conflict area in Ukraine. SUBJECTS: Randomly selected IDP households with children aged <2 years registered with local non-governmental organizations. Questions based on the WHO IYCF assessment questionnaire were asked for 477 children. Mid-upper arm circumference was measured in 411 children aged 6-23 months.
resultsExclusive breast-feeding prevalence for infants aged <6 months was 25·8 (95 % CI 15·8, 38·0) %. Percentage of mothers continuing breast-feeding when their child was aged 1 and 2 years was 53·5 (95 % CI 43·2, 63·6) % and 20·6 (95 % CI 11·5, 32·7) %, respectively. Bottle-feeding was common for children aged <2 years (68·1 %; 95 % CI 63·7, 72·3 %). Almost all infants aged 6-8 months received solid foods (98·6 %; 95 % CI 88·5, 99·9 %). Mothers who discontinued breast-feeding before their infant was 6 months old more often listed stress related to conflict as their primary reason for discontinuation (45·7 %) compared with mothers who discontinued breast-feeding when their child was aged 6-23 months (14·3 %; P<0·0001).
conclusionsTo mitigate the effects of conflict and improve child health, humanitarian action is needed focused on helping mothers cope with stress related to conflict and displacement while supporting women to adhere to recommended IYCF practices if possible and providing appropriate support to women when adherence is not feasible.
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