Maternal and Child Wellbeing Posted on 09/12/2019 (13/05/2022) by Chris Anyango RESEARCH RESEARCH // WHAT WE DO // Maternal and Child Wellbeing Maternal and Child Wellbeing Signature Issue The Center’s priority area for this unit is breastfeeding optimization. Situated within a broader Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition research agenda, this program aims to understand multiple influences of, and strategies to optimize early nutrition. It includes the magnitude of visible and hidden maternal and child malnutrition and the impacts of preconception nutrition and nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life on long-term health and human capital trajectories. OVERVIEW The Center’s approach to maternal and child wellbeing dissects and understands the social and physical factors of maternal health and child survival in order to develop and promote effective intervention strategies. The priority area of this unit is to provide evidence for improving on the implementation of the nurturing care framework in sub-Saharan African countries. We focus in particular on understanding and improving factors affecting health, nutrition and stimulation of children. We also aim to understand the social and family enablers of mothers’ wellbeing for better care of children, including family wealth and dynamics, and mental health. Related Projects ONGOING PROJECT 2018 – 2019 The Right to Food: A Welcome Trust International Engagement Fellowship ONGOING PROJECT 2017 Testing the Feasibility of Incorporating Support for Early Childhood Development into the Baby Friendly Community Initiative in Koibatek Sub-County, Kenya When parents and caregivers don’t know how meet to their young children’s care and stimulation needs, it can impair children’s emotional, social, physical and cognitive development. ONGOING PROJECT 2018 – 2019 Sasa Mama Teen: Strong Minds for Stronger Adolescent Mothers in Nairobi Slums ONGOING PROJECT 2017 – 2020 Promoting Sustainability of Healthcare Investments (ProSHI) ONGOING PROJECT 2014 – 2017 MIYCN- BFCI Rural Project PROJECT ONGOING PROJECT 2021 – 2025 Kinship, Nuptiality, and Child Health Outcomes in a Low Income Urban Area This project is a mixed-method, longitudinal five-year study being carried out in the two communities within the Nairobi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS), Korogocho and Viwandani. ONGOING PROJECT 2019 – 2020 Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) ONGOING PROJECT 2018 – 2019 Improving the Timeliness of Administering Birth Dose Vaccines Using a Digital Platform in Nairobi Slums: A Stepped Wedge Design Vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis and polio still contribute substantially to child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. ONGOING PROJECT 2017 – 2019 Implementation Research on Linking the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition and Integrated Community Case Management: A Cluster Randomized Trial in Turkana and Isiolo Counties, Kenya PROJECT ONGOING PROJECT 2021 – 2021 Enhancing Universal Health Coverage in Kenya through Digital Innovations: A Financial and Health Diaries evaluation study of i-PUSH ONGOING PROJECT 2022 – 2022 Digital financial services, women empowerment and maternal mental wellbeing. An ethnographic study in rural Kenya ONGOING PROJECT 2020 – 2021 COVID-19 in Kenya: Global Health, Human Rights and the State in a time of a Pandemic The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on the lives of Kenyans. The pandemic has tested the resilience of the human spirit, our health systems and legal instruments. ONGOING PROJECT 2018 – 2021 An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Parenting Empowerment Program to Improve Nurturing Care of Young Children in Kenya and Zambia The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) will conduct an independent evaluation of the parenting empowerment program implemented by Episcopal Relief & Development and its partner organizations in Kenya FEATURED PUBLICATIONS Briefing Papers Empowering women through provision of quality childcare services and strengthening… February 20, 2023 View Publication Multimedia Sasa Mama Teens toolkit October 17, 2022 View Publication Briefing Papers Mapping the functioning of the baby friendly community initiative and… August 29, 2022 View Publication Short Report Mapping the functioning of the baby-friendly community initiative and identifying… August 29, 2022 View Publication Technical Reports Evaluation of the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Health Facility-based… June 22, 2022 View Publication Briefing Papers Early Childhood Care and Development in Rural and Urban Settings… March 8, 2022 View Publication Technical Reports An evaluation of the effectiveness of a community-based parenting empowerment… December 2, 2021 View Publication Journal Articles Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and… November 5, 2021 View Publication NEWS AND BLOGS Child health on a warming planet May 15, 2023 By David Waiganjo World Hypertension Day is observed every year in order to raise global awareness and promote hypertension prevention, detection and control. 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