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Prevention of child wasting: Results of a Child Health & Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise.
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- Research priorities for cardiometabolic syndrome in humanitarian settings: A global consensus-based agenda.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of wasting and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Habro district, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- What more can be done? Prioritizing the most promising antenatal interventions to improve birth weight.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- How Can Nutrition Research Better Reflect the Relationship Between Wasting and Stunting in Children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Design Factors for Food Supplementation and Nutrition Education Interventions That Limit Conclusions about Effectiveness for Wasting Prevention: A Scoping Review of Peer-Reviewed Literature.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of wasting of under-5 children in Bangladesh: Quantile regression approach.PloS one · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Underweight among Infants in Rural Burkina Faso.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Relapse and regression to severe wasting in children under 5 years: A theoretical framework.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Research priorities in maternal and neonatal health in Africa: results using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method involving over 900 experts across the continent.AAS open research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn estimated 49.5 million children under five years of age are wasted. There is a lack of robust studies on effective interventions to prevent wasting. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritise the main outstanding research questions in relation to wasting prevention to inform future research agendas.
methodA research prioritisation exercise was conducted following the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method. Identified research gaps were compiled from multiple sources, categorised into themes and streamlined into forty research questions by an expert group. A survey was then widely circulated to assess research questions according to four criteria. An overall research priority score was calculated to rank questions.
findingsThe prioritised questions have a strong focus on interventions. The importance of the early stages of life in determining later experiences of wasting was highlighted. Other important themes included the identification of at-risk infants and young children early in the progression of wasting and the roles of existing interventions and the health system in prevention. DISCUSSION: These results indicate consensus to support more research on the pathways to wasting encompassing the in-utero environment, on the early period of infancy and on the process of wasting and its early identification. They also reinforce how little is known about impactful interventions for the prevention of wasting.
conclusionThis exercise provides a five-year investment case for research that could most effectively improve on-the-ground programmes to prevent child wasting and inform supportive policy change.
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