Background: Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) improves vitamin A (VA) status of young children; research with pregnant and lactating women is limited. Objective: We examined the effectiveness of the Mama SASHA (Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa) program to improve nutrition kn...
Girard, Amy W.
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Grant, F.
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Watkinson, M.
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Okuku, H.S.
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Wanjala, R.
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Cole, D.
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Levin, C.
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Low, J.W.
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[Promotion of orange-fleshed sweet potato increased Vitamin A intakes and reduced the odds of low retinol-binding protein among postpartum Kenyan women]
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Promotion of orange-fleshed sweet potato increased Vitamin A intakes and reduced the odds of low retinol-binding protein among postpartum Kenyan women
Dairy intensification as a development strategy is expected to improve household nutrition, yet the pathways by which this occurs are not well understood. This article examines how women’s time use and decision-making patterns related to dairy income and consumption are associated with dairy inte...
Njuki, Jemimah
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Wyatt, A.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Yount, K.
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Null, C.
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Ramakrishnan, U.
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Girard, Amy W.
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Sreenath, S.
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[An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya]
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An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
This paper presents a mixed-methods study that examines the relationship between women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in two regions of Tanzania. Indicators across three domains of women’s empowerment were sco...
Galiè, Alessandra
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Teufel, Nils
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Girard, Amy W.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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Price, Mindy, J.
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Jones, Rebecca
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Korir, Luke
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Raskind, Ilana G.
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Smith, Kristie
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Yount, Kathryn M.
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[Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania]
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Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania