Promoting Child Growth and Development in the Sustainable Development Goals Era: Is It Time for New Thinking?
Nurturing Care Framework
growth measurement
growth monitoring and promotion
healthy child growth and development
infant and child nutrition
social and behavior change communication
Journal
The Journal of nutrition
ISSN: 1541-6100
Titre abrégé: J Nutr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0404243
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 02 2020
01 02 2020
Historique:
received:
03
06
2019
revised:
03
09
2019
accepted:
11
09
2019
pubmed:
11
10
2019
medline:
7
8
2020
entrez:
11
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) programs have been implemented worldwide for decades. Consistent evidence of their effectiveness is lacking and complicated by design and operational differences. Nevertheless, tracking child growth and development is a fundamental component of routine preventive child health care, and governments in 178 countries implement some form of GMP. This article makes the point that despite implementation challenges, there is a compelling need for GMP. It enables a crucial dialogue with families and communities about how to support the healthy growth and development of their children and can be a powerful tool for stimulating action and accountability for child nutrition and development at household, community, subnational, and national levels. We propose that GMP deserves a fresh rethink, with a paradigm shift that tailors GMP programs and activities for different development, geographic, and cultural contexts and considers how to optimize implementation for scalability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31599947
pii: S0022-3166(22)02043-0
doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz244
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
192-194Informations de copyright
Copyright © American Society for Nutrition 2019.