Nutrition Across Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child, and Adolescent Health Care

Focus on Low and Middle Income Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-95720-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 651 g

This book, led by experienced academic nurses and epidemiologists, involves an overview of the global nutrition epidemiology, risk factors, effective health and non-health sector interventions, success stories, insights, and work of nurse and allied health experts of the field, stressing on nutrition as one of the top priorities for women and children living in low and middle income countries (LMICs) specially in disadvantaged and underserved areas. 

The book focuses on nutritional epidemiology and transition in LMICs, and interventions to improve nutrition across the continuum of care for equitable access at each stage: reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) care. It also discusses the consequences of hidden hunger, climate change, and conflict on nutritional status of women and children and how best to integrate potentially effective cross-cutting strategies to counter these emerging challenges.

It will appeal to nurses, academics and public health practitioners, but is also of interest to development partners, NGOs, Multilateral agencies and nutrition program implementers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lassi, Zohra S.

Salam, Rehana A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: Continuum of care for RMNCAH and role of nutrition.- 1. Nutrition's role in strengthening the RMNCAH Continuum of Care.- Section II: Global Epidemiology and Risk factors.- 2. Preconception health and nutrition.- 3. Maternal and Child Nutrition in LMICs.- 4. Nutritional health of children under the age of five.- 5. Social Determinants of Health and Nutrition Among School-Age Children and Adolescents.- 6. Nutritional Challenges and Issues Relevant to Adolescents.- Section III: Health sector interventions.- 7. Family Planning.- 8. Nutrition Intervention during Pregnancy and Lactation.- 9. Newborn nutrition.- 10. Nutritional intervention to overcome undernutrition among children and adolescents.- 11. Nutritional interventions among children and adolescents to prevent/treat overweight/obesity.- Section IV: Non-health sectoral interventions.- 12. The Role of Education in Nutrition Promotion: Practices and Policy.- 13. The complementary role of social protection programs in tackling malnutrition.- 14. Food Security and Agriculture.- 15. Nutritional Empowerment through Food Fortification and Biofortification.- 16. Anthelminthics and WASH Interventions: Evidence and Gaps.- 17. Women's Empowerment and Nutritional Status.- 18. The Political Economy of Multi-Sectoral Programming of Adolescent Nutrition: Global Discourse and Emerging Lessons from Pakistan.- Section V: Emerging challenges.- 19. Nutrition in conflict and humanitarian settings.- 20. Climate Change and Nutrition.- 21. Role of technologies in nutritional advances along the RMNCAH continuum of care.- Section VI: Way forward.- 22. Conclusion and way forward.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Zohra Lassi is a trained epidemiologist recognised internationally for her work identifying interventions for improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition in disadvantaged settings by advancing knowledge in public health practice and translation into global health policies and guidelines. She has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and is the author of 11 book chapters and several research/technical reports. She is an Associate Professor at the Robinson Research Institute and the School of Public Health of the University of Adelaide. 

Dr Rehana A Salam is an epidemiologist with a background in nursing. Her research experience over the past decade ranges from evidence synthesis and implementation research to its policy implications. She has over 150 international peer-reviewed publications and book chapters to her credit and is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow with the University of Sydney.