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Susheela Ismail; Nurfarhana Diana Mohd Nor; Nurul Fadhilah Abdullah – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2024
Globally, malnutrition is an issue that has never been overcome, even after a series of efforts by experts, which have never been impressive. The world's malnutrition burden remains unsatisfactory since malnutrition is solely responsible for more illnesses than other reasons. Malnutrition continues to be a significant problem in Malaysia. The most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Toddlers, Preschool Children
Dewidar, Omar; Saad, Ammar; Baqar, Aqeel; John, Jessica C.; Riddle, Alison; Ota, Erika; Kung'u, Jacqueline K.; Arabi, Mandana; Raut, Manoj K.; Klobodu, Seth S.; Rowe, Sarah; Busch-Hallen, Jennifer; Jalal, Chowdhury S. B.; Wuehler, Sara; Welch, Vivian – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2021
The objective of this systematic review is to identify, appraise and synthesise the best available evidence on the effectiveness of nutritional counselling and education interventions on maternal, infant and child health outcomes, and assess the differences in effects across participants' PROGRESS+ characteristics. To achieve these objectives, we…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Counseling Effectiveness, Pregnancy, Developing Nations
Doig, Scott R.; Losee, Timothy M.; González-Toro, Christie M.; Cruz, Javier A.; Matthews, Tracey Dexter – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2020
Schools around the nation are attempting to increase the amount of physical activity (PA) students receive through a variety of creative means. Recently, organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) have sounded an alarm about the lack of time children spend in PA participation. The purpose…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Child Health, Life Style
DiNallo, Jennifer M.; Welsh, Janet A.; Li, Jacinda C.; Nix, Robert L. – Journal of Extension, 2020
This article describes the adaptation of a parent-focused evidence-based childhood obesity intervention program for implementation by county-based Extension educators in coordination with school district personnel in rural Pennsylvania. The Lifestyle Positive Parenting Program was designed and evaluated in Australia in clinical settings. Several…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Promotion, Obesity, Prevention
Blanck, Evelyn J.; Foley, Gilbert M.; Costa, Gerard – ZERO TO THREE, 2022
In this article, the authors describe a 3-year initiative in New York state, led by the New York Center for Child Development (NYCCD), through which more than 2,500 mental health clinicians were trained in the DC:0-5. Funding was provided through the creative use of the Preschool Development, Birth to Five federally funded Block Grant, and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Allied Health Personnel, Professional Development
MDRC, 2020
The skills and abilities children develop in their earliest years lay the foundation for their future well-being. Likewise, early negative experiences can undermine them in later life. Parents play a central role in shaping their children's development, so helping them overcome their own sources of stress is a powerful way to improve how families…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Home Visits, Integrated Services, Young Children
Dreibelbis, Carol; Lee, Hunji – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs). Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Program Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Thorn, Betsy – Future of Children, 2020
Nutrition is vitally important both during pregnancy and during a child's early years. Inadequate nutrition during this critical period can harm children's health and developmental outcomes throughout childhood and into adulthood. Thus, write Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Betsy Thorn, it's particularly important that young children have adequate…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Public Policy, At Risk Persons
Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2018
The Coordinated School Health (CSH) report describes how the CSH program was implemented at AISD campuses during 2017-2018. The reports provide summary- and campus-level information about achieved CSH action goals and information about changes in physical fitness of students at the campus since the previous year.
Descriptors: School Districts, School Health Services, Program Implementation, Physical Fitness
Mansur, Samier – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
More than half a billion children globe-wide currently live in conflict or crisis contexts (UNICEF 2016), including more than 30 million displaced and refugee children (UNICEF 2020). The extreme and often prolonged adversity suffered in these environments can have lifelong physical, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences for children, and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Child Health, Access to Health Care, Well Being
Dodge, Kenneth A.; Goodman, W. Benjamin – Future of Children, 2019
How do we screen all families in a population at a single time point, identify family-specific risks, and connect each family with evidence-based community resources that can help them overcome those risks--an approach known as targeted universalism? In this article, Kenneth A. Dodge and W. Benjamin Goodman describe Family Connects, a program…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Programs, Birth, Home Visits
Salad Bars in Schools and Fruit and Vegetable Selection and Consumption: A Review of Recent Research
Slawson, Kari; Rainville, Alice Jo – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2019
Peer-reviewed research on the effectiveness of salad bars for increasing fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake is limited. This commentary discusses current evidence regarding the effectiveness of salad bars in increasing F/V selection and consumption, thereby reducing food waste. Key findings from this review of the research are that salad bars in…
Descriptors: Food, Conservation (Environment), Wastes, Child Health
Chen, Brittany H.; Michael, Shannon; Borgogna, Bridget; Holmes, Kate; Hughes, Kelly; Jew, Lina; Juergens, Mary – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
The 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth reported that only 24% of U.S. children and youth ages 6 to 17 meet the national recommendation of 60 minutes of daily physical activity, grading the nation at a D-. Schools can help students meet this national recommendation, as close to 60 million children and adolescents attend…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion, Physical Education Teachers
Vollmer, Sebastian; Khan, Sarah; Tu, Le Thi Ngoc; Pasha, Atika; Sahoo, Soham – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017
While numerous facts and figures point towards the increasing opportunities for women and their growing participation in economic, political and public decision-making processes, women remain in disadvantaged positions compared to men in many places of the world (World Economic Forum, 2015). Gender bias is deeply embedded in cultures, economies,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Empowerment, Child Health
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health-Informed Therapeutic Visitation: An Overview and Evaluation
VanHout, Samantha; Fitzgibbons, Sarah C.; Russotti, Alana – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article describes an infant and early childhood mental health-informed therapeutic visitation program that offers clinical support, systems-level advocacy, and developmentally appropriate guidance to families navigating the child welfare and family court systems. The program offers treatment, permanency, and placement planning for infants,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children