SynthesisNutrients2021
Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Support Packages in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Infants under Six Months: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Interventions to support the re-establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Pooled it
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- Review
- Population-oriented health promotion and disease prevention interventions in primary healthcare: a scoping review of reviews.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of an Educational and Counseling Program (the Green Mother Project Phase 2) to Enhance Breastfeeding and Improve Mothers' Diets From an Environmental Perspective: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Understanding the child malnutrition in rural India through the lens of the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF): evidence from NFHS-5 (2019-21).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Social Desirability Bias in a Randomized Controlled Trial That Included Breastfeeding Promotion in Western Kenya.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Reflections of adolescent motherhood on infant and young child feeding practices: the case of Uganda.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Environmental impact of infant feeding type, accessories used and maternal dietary habits: The GREEN MOTHER-I project, a cross-sectional study protocol.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Perception and experiences of adolescent mothers and communities in caring for their preterm babies: findings from an in-depth study in rural Bangladesh.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Health needs assessment for the double burden of malnutrition: a community-based study on nutrition facilitators and barriers in rural Tanzania.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Opportunities and challenges in delivering maternal and child nutrition services through public primary health care facilities in urban Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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- Training Packages and Patient Management Tools for Healthcare Staff Working with Small, Nutritionally At-Risk Infants Aged under 6 Months: A Mixed-Methods Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Community-based management of acute malnutrition for infants under 6 months of age is safe and effective: analysis of operational data.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea-Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- What works to protect, promote and support breastfeeding on a large scale: A review of reviews.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months, defined as those with wasting, underweight, or other forms of growth failure, are at high-risk of mortality and morbidity. The World Health Organisation 2013 guidelines on severe acute malnutrition highlight the need to effectively manage this vulnerable group, but programmatic challenges are widely reported. This review aims to inform future management strategies for small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by synthesising evidence on existing breastfeeding support packages for all infants under six months. We searched PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Global Health databases from inception to 18 July 2018. Intervention of interest were breastfeeding support packages. Studies reporting breastfeeding practices and/or caregivers'/healthcare staffs' knowledge/skills/practices for infants under six months from LMICs were included. Study quality was assessed using NICE quality appraisal checklist for intervention studies. A narrative data synthesis using the Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) reporting guideline was conducted and key features of successful programmes identified. Of 15,256 studies initially identified, 41 were eligible for inclusion. They were geographically diverse, representing 22 LMICs. Interventions were mainly targeted at mother-infant pairs and only 7% (
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