Background Antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) are critical opportunities for
women, babies and parents/families to receive quality care and support from health …

Rural transformation pathways focused on efficiency and productivity often leave women
and marginalized social groups behind in addition to having negative impacts on the …

In all cultures, women and children are embedded in family systems that determine roles,
relationships, patterns of communication and authority between family members. Especially …

Unhealthy diets are detrimental to health, but home meal preparation is associated with
better diet quality. Among a sample of parents of children aged 2–12, this study aimed to 1) …

Extended kin serve as key sources of financial, social, and instrumental support for young
children and their families. In impoverished settings, the ability to rely on extended kin for …

Introduction Millions of young rural children in China still suffer from poor health and
malnutrition, partly due to a lack of knowledge about optimal perinatal and child care among …

Objective: This study assessed the level of fathers' involvement in childcare activities and its
association with the diet quality of their children in Northern Ghana. Setting: The study was …

Available studies suggest that childhood food experiences (CFE) may be linked with eating
behaviors in adulthood, as well as eating style (ES); thus, both CFE and ES can determine …

Abstract Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative designed to advance the implementation of
maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) social and behaviour change (SBC) at a …

Although social support from fathers is associated with improved child feeding practices,
evidence on feasible, acceptable, and effective ways to involve fathers in supporting child …