• For child wasting in flooded areas, delayed motherhood was associated to better nutritional outcomes (3.4% lower prevalence per year). (socialscienceinaction.org)
  • Review of the evidence and impact of social protection interventions in the LAC region on diet and nutritional status outcomes. (wfp.org)
  • Objective The relationship between admission nutritional status and clinical outcomes following hospital discharge is not well established. (bmj.com)
  • GRASSP is UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti's new research programme examining gender-responsive and age sensitive social protection systems to enhance gender equality outcomes, and is funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) and other partners. (unicef-irc.org)
  • Social protection can reduce income poverty and food and economic insecurity, address financial barriers to accessing social services, and promote positive development outcomes throughout the life course - particularly for women and girls. (unicef-irc.org)
  • This particular approach has been prominent in aid agency writings on "gender and poverty", which have used social and/or economic indicators to capture poverty outcomes. (nzdl.org)
  • Moreover, sweeping generalizations about female disadvantage (in mortality, nutrition, education) need to be revised in view of the contradictory findings of detailed studies of gender bias in well-being outcomes, which show incredible diversity not just across different regions, countries and localities, but also across social class, and over the life cycles of men and women. (nzdl.org)
  • The prevalence of malnutrition is in- shows that if nutritional needs are ig- The services are paid for those who can creasing in this population, and this has nored, the health outcomes of older afford them and free-of-charge for those a negative influence on elderly peoples' people will be worsened, and this can who cannot. (who.int)
  • This section provides structured guidance on how to do a brief but effective nutritional assessment for malnutrition and obesity (metabolic syndrome risk). (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • A dietitian used a comprehensive and valid nutritional assessment tool to confirm the malnutrition diagnosis. (bmj.com)
  • der the supervision of the Directorate is a global phenomenon reflecting the Malnutrition is common among of Social Security in Lattakia, which is increase in life expectancy that has residents of homes for the elderly and under the Ministry of Social Security. (who.int)
  • For a more comprehensive assessment as well as for setting goals, you can follow the ABCDE process (Anthropometric, Biochemical, Clinical, Dietary Information, Economic and social status) which is adapted for COVID-19 recovery monitoring here. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Future research will assess whether these revisions have led to improvements in the diets and anthropometric status of preschool children in Ethiopia. (eldis.org)
  • Anthropometric measurements (height and weight) and biochemical estimation (hemoglobin level in blood) were done to evaluate nutritional status. (who.int)
  • A total of 103 elderly people in 3 residential homes were interviewed individually using an Arabic version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scale, and anthropometric measurements were carried out to assess nutritional status. (who.int)
  • Nutritional status was significantly affected by age, level of education, source of income, duration of stay in the home, number of diseases, number of medicines taken, anthropometric data and teeth and vision problems. (who.int)
  • There are not many studies (yet) on nutritional assessment or screening in patients with COVID. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Clinal assessment including physical examination, assess morbidities and associated social and financial circumstances. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Assessment should establish causes and duration of any nutritional issues. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • The controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score, which is calculated based on patients' serum albumin, total lymphocytes and total cholesterol, is associated with Full Nutritional Assessment (FNA) and was recently introduced as a nutritional screening tool 12 . (nature.com)
  • Au total, 103 personnes âgées dans trois maisons de retraite ont été interrogées en entretien individuel en recourant à la version en langue arabe de l'échelle d'évaluation de l'état nutritionnel Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) , et des mesures anthropométriques ont été réalisées pour évaluer leur état nutritionnel. (who.int)
  • We recommend future research investigate the nature of the association between body mass index and dental caries in samples that include a full range of body mass index scores, and explore how factors such as socioeconomic status mediate the association between body mass index and dental caries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Another found no correlation in a sample of over five thousand 3-year olds[ 12 ], while the third was not able to predict future dental caries experience on the basis of BMI status in more than five hundred children (aged 5 to 13 years)[ 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To evaluate the sweetness taste preference levels and their relationship with the nutritional and dental caries patterns among preschool children. (bvsalud.org)
  • We conducted a nested, case-control study within this TB prevalence survey to assess the contribution of various factors that might have contributed to that ratio, including access to health care, exposure, socioeconomic status (SES), and possible biological factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Education promotion and schooling up to 14 years should have positive impacts on improving children nutritional health in the long run, especially under flooding. (socialscienceinaction.org)
  • Black females had the greatest risk of poor nutritional health, however more indicators of social isolation, support, and capital were associated with nutritional risk for black men. (nih.gov)
  • Some social factors have been shown to influence their nutritional status, the result of which may have detrimental health implications as they advance into adulthood. (ajol.info)
  • Health and nutritional status of Indian Women. (saujanyabooks.com)
  • Her previous experience includes working on maternal and child health programmes and on social protection in Nigeria. (ennonline.net)
  • She is a public health specialist with an MSc in Social Policy and Planning, specialising in health policy. (ennonline.net)
  • To assess the oral health of adolescents and its association with nutritional status and socioeconomic condition. (bvsalud.org)
  • For the diagnosis of nutritional status, body mass index was calculated, classified in accordance with the standard reference of the National Center for Health Statistics and the cut off points recommended by the World Health Organization. (bvsalud.org)
  • Rooted in biology, chemistry, and the social sciences, nutrition majors gain knowledge and skills needed to assess diet and nutritional status of individuals and populations, and identify effective strategies to prevent and treat disease and improve overall health. (udel.edu)
  • M inors in the HBNS Department include Public Health, Nutrition, Health and Wellness, Physical Activity & Disability, and Medical Social Services. (udel.edu)
  • Upon graduation, Health Behavior Science students have found rewarding careers in the fields of health promotion, public health, epidemiology, fitness and recreation, athletics and sport, higher education, social marketing and health communication, or community health. (udel.edu)
  • Social protection programme includes conditional or unconditional cash transfers or food assistance to poor families often through public works programme, provision of unemployment benefits, building of skills through training programmes to increase labour productivity and income, investing in more productive agricultural activities to improve household nutritional status and income, and supporting families to access basic education and primary health care services. (thedailystar.net)
  • Diagnoses and treatment *Long term care providers *Number & characteristics of *Resident next-of-kin residents in nursing homes interviews (NH) (National Nursing Home *Functional status of NH Survey-NNHS) residents *People discharged from NH 87 is the latest *Characteristics of NH *Expenditures of NH *Home health agencies *Number of patients and hospices (National *Funct. (cdc.gov)
  • It is complex to pinpoint the constructs associated with these public health issues because they are intertwined with other fundamental social determinants of health such as educational attainment, employment status, income, and place of residence. (umich.edu)
  • The changing nature of dogs in (post)medieval England: a bioarchaeological study of treatment, health, size, and diet across human social contexts. (york.ac.uk)
  • Social protection, such as cash transfers or health insurance, can help address poverty and vulnerability, as well as supporting people during shocks from childhood through to old age. (unicef-irc.org)
  • This session of Public Health Grand Rounds reviewed the latest evidence of vitamin D's effectiveness and safety and discussed challenges in how to best measure and define vitamin D status. (cdc.gov)
  • Overall, the intervention had a negative social impact on daycare centers and on health care providers, by putting too much pressure on them to provide care without providing extra support. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This means that most children are failing to meet their nutritional requirements for optimal growth during infancy, and the development and health based on the WHO recommendation to exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of a child's life. (biomedcentral.com)
  • No significant association between sweetness preference and the nutritional or the oral health patterns could be established. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, the findings of high patterns of sweet preference, excess weight and untreated caries experience, highlight the need for the implementation of integrated public policies aimed at controlling both nutritional and of oral health problems in the studied population. (bvsalud.org)
  • About two thirds of all reports to Child Protective Services were made by professionals who are mandated to report maltreatment (eg, educators, law enforcement personnel, social services personnel, legal professionals, day care providers, medical or mental health personnel, foster care providers). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The homes are sponsored by Among the many health issues being go unrecognized because the anthro- charities and donors and the services investigated, the nutritional status of the pometric parameters of elderly people provided to residents include housing, elderly population has gained attention. (who.int)
  • however, weight loss of 10%-15% shows greater improvement in glycemic status - one that could potentially result in remission and improvement in comorbidities including cardiovascular (CV) health and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease . (medscape.com)
  • These interventions must be individualized with the recognition of the impact of social determinants on patient health. (medscape.com)
  • College students are subject to a unique combination of these social determinants and thus have an acute and interesting change in food access and demand for nutrition education. (umich.edu)
  • Nutritional status in Ghana and its determinants / Harold Alderman. (who.int)
  • This study examines the relationships that exist between social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in older black and white women and men. (nih.gov)
  • For all ethnic-gender groups, greater restriction in independent life-space (an indicator of social isolation) was associated with increased nutritional risk. (nih.gov)
  • For black women and white men, not having adequate transportation (also an indicator of social isolation) was associated with increased nutritional risk. (nih.gov)
  • Dementia can lead to several factors that result in failure to thrive, such as poor food intake, social isolation, and depression. (medscape.com)
  • Political will supports social protection to address poverty but investment remains low. (ennonline.net)
  • In determining the poverty status of families and unrelated individuals, the Census Bureau uses thresholds (income cutoffs) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. (socialexplorer.com)
  • To determine a person's poverty status, one compares the person's total family income in the last 12 months with the poverty threshold appropriate for that person's family size and composition (see example below). (socialexplorer.com)
  • I have been asked by several close friends recently, why we need social protection measures to address poverty in Bangladesh-a country which has the world's largest microcredit programme. (thedailystar.net)
  • One might ask: is it because the microcredit programme is not fulfilling its promise of alleviating poverty and social protection is therefore going to replace it? (thedailystar.net)
  • Despite the benefits of social protection systems, many fail to address gender- and life course-related vulnerabilities and inequalities, limiting its potential for poverty reduction. (unicef-irc.org)
  • The research programme will examine how gender-responsive and age-sensitive social protection can sustainably reduce poverty and achieve gender equality. (unicef-irc.org)
  • Gendered Poverty and Social Change: An Issues Paper (UNRISD, 1998, 44 p. (nzdl.org)
  • 4 at admission independently predicted patients' functional outcome status at 3 months after aSAH 7 . (nature.com)
  • To determine the effect of some social factors on the nutritional status of adolescents in Port Harcourt. (ajol.info)
  • Social economic status, snacking and hours spent watching television have a detrimental effect on the nutritional status of adolescents in Port Harcourt. (ajol.info)
  • Greater prevalences of DMFT higher than zero were found among males, among younger adolescents and among those of socioeconomic class C. There was no significant association between the classification of the DMFT and nutritional status. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nutritional problems may arise from poor eating habits, snacking and consumption of nutrition deficient processed foods. (ajol.info)
  • Findings will inform nutrition-sensitive social protection policies and schemes in Nigeria. (ennonline.net)
  • It is hoped that this five-year programme will lead to further development of nutrition-sensitive social protection policies and schemes in Nigeria. (ennonline.net)
  • The National Taskforce of COVID-19 stated that reduced nutritional status and weight loss are part of the symptoms of post acute care COVID-19 therefore it needs to be assessed (National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, 2021). (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Evidence from Bangladesh, for instance, shows that the impact was marked in poor households, most likely due to nutritional status, greater consumption of water during work, and diet. (who.int)
  • In 2013, the Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) was developed by a consortium led by Save the Children with AAH in order to pilot and build evidence on social protection schemes in Nigeria and their specific impact on undernutrition and the first 1,000 days. (ennonline.net)
  • To strengthen the evidence base 'what works', 'how' and 'why' for social protection to contribute to gender equality, this report proposes and presents an analytical approach to evidence generation on gender-responsive social protection for gender-transformative change. (unicef-irc.org)
  • Structured as a socio-ecological framework, our approach presents three interconnected change pathways - at the individual, household and societal level - through which gender-responsive social protection can contribute to gender-transformative results, along with tailored design and implementation features, and underpinned by a set of change levers that existing evidence suggests can strengthen the gender-responsiveness of social protection systems. (unicef-irc.org)
  • Individual susceptibility to arsenic poisoning also differs significantly, depending on age, nutritional status, social conditions and other poorly understood factors. (who.int)
  • In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. (eldis.org)
  • Nutritional factors, social economic status are all things that are a combination of factors that are impacting a person staying on that continuum of care. (curetoday.com)
  • Size of dogs relates both to selective breeding and to nutritional factors. (york.ac.uk)
  • The study calculated that, after accounting for discounting factors, the input ($USD 419,716) generated $ USD 8 million of social value at the end of the project. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sugar consumption is influenced by a number of biological, psychological, cultural, social and environmental factors, including sweet taste preference [6]. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to identify the nutritional status of people in residential homes for the elderly in Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic, and to determine the factors that affected nutritional status in these homes. (who.int)
  • Paul Antony Xavier Thangarasa is the Social Protection Programme Manager for the Action Against Hunger Nigeria Mission, based in Abuja. (ennonline.net)
  • The Child Development Grant Programme is a five-year programme in Jigawa State and Zamfara State that involves a monthly, unconditional cash grant coupled with behaviour change communication (BCC) to address maternal education, healthcare facility access, improved household economic status, infant feeding, food consumption and women's empowerment. (ennonline.net)
  • Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is a large-scale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilizing asset levels. (eldis.org)
  • Social protection, alternatively called social security or social safety net programme, is a set of policies and programmes aimed at reducing social and economic risk and vulnerability of the poor, enhancing their capacity to protect themselves against hazards and loss of income including under emergency situations. (thedailystar.net)
  • To understand how these vulnerabilities and inequalities can be prevented and addressed, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti is engaged in a five-year research programme (2018-2023) called Gender-Responsive and Age-Sensitive Social Protection (GRASSP), generously funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and other partners. (unicef-irc.org)
  • In this podcast, Camila Perera talks to Francesca Bastagli, Director of the Equity and Social Policy programme and Principal Research Fellow at global think tank ODI, and Shivit Bakrania, Knowledge Management Specialist at the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti to discuss the results of our recent systematic review investigating the impact of social protection programmes on gender equality in low and middle-income countries. (unicef-irc.org)
  • Nutritional deficiencies, obesity and other diet related co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc) are also important to consider and address nutritionally. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Dr. Grivetti's research blends classical approaches of social and biological sciences with historical perspectives. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20. (who.int)
  • He has worked in food security, livelihood and social protection programmes for the last ten years in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Sudan, Philippines and Nigeria. (ennonline.net)
  • Why are social safety net programmes so crucial? (thedailystar.net)
  • In 2018-19, a total amount of Tk 64,176 crore was allocated from government budget for social safety net programmes. (thedailystar.net)
  • For white women only, the perception of a low level of social support was associated with increased nutritional risk. (nih.gov)
  • A summary of a recent systematic review on the effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children has recently been published. (ennonline.net)
  • In order to be included in the review, studies had to investigate agricultural interventions with the explicit goal of improving the nutritional status of children. (ennonline.net)
  • Effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review. (ennonline.net)
  • From an evolutionary perspective this is perhaps unsurprising, as humans evolved as cooperative childrearers, inherently reliant on social support to raise children. (frontiersin.org)
  • The nutritional situation of vulnerable groups (children less than five years of age and pregnant and breast-feeding women) is of great concern, especially since population growth rates remain much too high. (who.int)
  • Nutritional status of the children according to sex. (elsevier.es)
  • Foods with highest preferencea in accordance with the nutritional status of the children. (elsevier.es)
  • Foods with highest rejectiona according to the nutritional status of the children. (elsevier.es)
  • However, childrenâ s nutritional status in the localities where the PSNP operates is poor, with 48 percent of children stunted in 2012. (eldis.org)
  • The SROI analysis revealed that the MIYCN intervention was assessed to be highly effective and created social value, particularly for mothers and their children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The MIYCN intervention showed an important social impact in which mothers and children benefited the most. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Complementary feeding practices are suboptimal, especially with regard to the nutrient density of the foods fed to children under two years of age [ 3 ] and hence, fail to meet the nutritional requirement of growing infants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The designations employed in UNRISD publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNRISD concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (nzdl.org)
  • In this study, we examined the association of clinical outcome with the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score during hospitalization in aSAH patients. (nature.com)
  • Outcome measures The impact of nutritional status was measured on a combined endpoint of any readmission or death within 0-7 days and between 8 and 180 days following hospital discharge. (bmj.com)
  • The essential inputs that the WASH sector provides, in the form of services and hygiene promotion, have multiple impacts beyond the WASH outcome itself, such as nutritional status, or education. (susana.org)
  • Additionally, for black and white women and white men, lower income was associated with increased nutritional risk. (nih.gov)
  • Additionally, the indicators of social support and capital adversely affecting nutritional risk for black men differed from those associated with nutritional risk in other ethnic-gender groups. (nih.gov)
  • This research has implications for nutritional policies directed towards older adults. (nih.gov)
  • Social networks and their influences on nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function in community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling, ethnically diverse older adults: A longitudinal study. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • In the short-term, protracted nutritional response in the aftermath of floods should be urgently implemented and target agricultural livelihoods and low-rank castes. (socialscienceinaction.org)
  • Though turning points are experienced across the life span, changes may possibly be even more salient in youth given the fundamental biological, cognitive, psychological, and social transformations occurring at this developmental stage. (novapublishers.com)
  • This study investigated whether older patients' nutritional status at admission predicts unplanned readmission or death in the very early or late periods following hospital discharge. (bmj.com)
  • changed the demographic profile of studies indicate that nutritional status The admission requirements to these several countries. (who.int)
  • and black women and men were the groups most likely to be socially isolated and to possess the least amounts of social support and social capital. (nih.gov)
  • For black men, not being married (an indicator of social support) and not attending religious services regularly, restricting activities for fear of being attacked, and perceived discrimination (indicators of social capital) were associated with increased nutritional risk. (nih.gov)
  • Low social support is a key risk factor for developing PND. (frontiersin.org)
  • whilst at the same time, social distancing measures designed to limit transmission create unprecedented alterations to their access to such support. (frontiersin.org)
  • Thematic qualitative analysis of open text responses found that mothers experienced a burden of constant mothering, inadequacy of virtual contact, and sadness and worries about lost social opportunities, while support from partners facilitated family bonding. (frontiersin.org)
  • The movement of people to urban area for work has also changed the social structure and support for agriculture," he said. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • I have expertise in both qualitative, quantitative and nutritional research methods. (uga.edu)
  • The PhD sees me return to the branch of "social zooarchaeology", delving into past dynamics between humans and animals, augmenting biomolecular methods in my research to expand the avenues available when exploring past animal populations. (york.ac.uk)
  • The unifying theme of his research is how and under what conditions human diets change, the mechanisms of change, and the nutritional implications of human behavior. (ucdavis.edu)
  • We have to examine any underlying emotional (relationships/events), nutritional (diet) and life imbalances (stresses) to look for these changes. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Anyone identified as at risk of nutritional problems in screening should be assessed in more detail. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Commonly proposed reasons behind this phenomenon include differences in how men and women seek and access TB care, how social roles affect contact with persons harboring Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, and how certain male-dominated occupations (e.g., mining) can increase the risk for TB ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Nutritional state should be included in future risk prediction models. (bmj.com)
  • Each of these conditions effect different organs and produce different types of physical, mental, nutritional and metabolic derangements leading to the manifestations of failure to thrive. (medscape.com)
  • Using data from 162 mothers living in London with infants aged ≤6 months, we explore how communication with members of a mother's social network related to her experience of postnatal depressive symptoms during the first "lockdown" in England. (frontiersin.org)
  • Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: From Social Engineering to Governance? (soton.ac.uk)
  • and the association, if any, between the nutritional status of the study population with their demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental characteristics. (who.int)
  • Using an investigator-administered questionnaire, information on their socio-economic status, eating habits, food content and level of activity was obtained. (ajol.info)
  • College students typically experience living independently of their family for the first time in their lives and find themselves responsible for providing their own food and maintaining nutritional standards. (umich.edu)
  • There are a number of important social protection initiatives in Bangladesh. (thedailystar.net)
  • Despite the potential of gender-responsive, age-sensitive social protection, not enough is known about what works, how it works, and why it works. (unicef-irc.org)
  • It builds on the Gender-Responsive Age-Sensitive Social Protection (GRASSP) conceptual framework, and on the theoretical, conceptual and empirical literature on gender and social protection. (unicef-irc.org)
  • This research will address this gap for medieval/post-medieval (mid-Saxon to Victorian) England, using zooarchaeological data systematically to track changes in roles, status, and treatment of dogs, over time and between social contexts. (york.ac.uk)
  • The social and economic losses of patients with aSAH in the event of death or inability to return to society are therefore substantial 3 . (nature.com)
  • Thus, it is important to identify a useful marker of the nutritional status of SAH patients during hospitalization. (nature.com)
  • status of patients Home and Hospice Care *# of discharged patients avail. (cdc.gov)
  • In the transition of independence, that is, higher education, students are between times when the larger part of their social education and norms is framed by familial life and into a place where they are shaped by workplace expectations. (umich.edu)