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Strengthening nutrition interventions during antenatal care improved maternal dietary diversity and child feeding practices in urban Bangladesh: Results of a quasi-experimental evaluation study

journal of nutrition
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2023
| by Phuong H. Nguyen, Celeste Sununtnasuk, Anita Christopher, Deborah Ash, Santhia Ireen, Rowshan Kabir, Zeba Mahmud, Mohsin Ali, Thomas Forissier, Jessica Escobar-DeMarco, Edward A. Frongillo and Purnima Menon

Background: Bangladesh is urbanizing rapidly, facing challenges of malnutrition, low coverage and poor quality of urban nutrition services.

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Large-scale social and behavior change communication interventions have sustained impacts on infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices: Results of a 2-year follow-up study in Bangladesh

journal of nutrition
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2018
| by Sunny S. Kim, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Tina Sanghvi, Zeba Mahmud, Mohammad Raisul Haque, Kaosar Afsana, Edward A Frongillo, Marie T. Ruel and Purnima Menon

Sustained improvements in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) require continued implementation of effective interventions.

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Dietary diversity predicts the adequacy of micronutrient intake in pregnant adolescent girls and women in Bangladesh, but use of the 5-group cutoff poorly identifies individuals with inadequate intake

journal of nutrition
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2018
| by Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lieven Huybregts, Tina Sanghvi, Lan Mai Tran, Edward A. Frongillo, Purnima Menon and Marie T. Ruel

The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator based on a 10-food group women dietary diversity score (WDDS-10) has been validated to assess dietary quality in nonpregnant women.

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Engagement of husbands in a maternal nutrition program substantially contributed to greater intake of micronutrient supplements and dietary diversity during pregnancy: Results of a cluster-randomized program evaluation in Bangladesh

journal of nutrition
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2018
| by Phuong Hong Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo, Tina Sanghvi, Gargi Wable, Zeba Mahmud, Lan Mai Tran, Bachera Aktar, Kaosar Afsana, Silvia Alayon, Marie T. Ruel and Purnima Menon

A nutrition-focused MNCH program that promoted and facilitated husbands’ engagement during their wives’ pregnancies significantly improved husbands’ awareness, knowledge, self-efficacy, and support.

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Combining intensive counseling by frontline workers with a nationwide mass media campaign has large differential impacts on complementary feeding practices but not on child growth

journal of nutrition
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2016
| by Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Kuntal K. Saha, Adiba Khaled, Tina Sanghvi, Jean Baker, Kaosar Afsana, Raisul Haque, Edward A. Frongillo, Marie T. Ruel and Rahul Rawat

Complementary feeding contributes to child growth and development, but few programs are delivered at scale