Kristy Hackett, Umme Salma Mukta, Chowdhury Jalal, Daniel Sellen
Improved infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices have the potential to improve child health and development outcomes in poorly resourced communities. In Bangladesh, approximately 60% of rural girls become mothers before the age of 18, but most interventions to improve IYCF practices target o...
Kristy Hackett, Umme Salma Mukta, Chowdhury Jalal, Daniel Sellen
BACKGROUND: Infant feeding and caregiving by adolescent girls and young women in rural Bangladesh remains relatively understudied despite high potential vulnerability of younger mothers and their children due to poverty and high rates of early marriage and childbearing. This key knowledge gap may ha...
Sohana Shafique, Daniel Sellen, Wendy Lou, Chowdhury Jalal et al.
Background The causes of stunting are complex but likely include prenatal effects, inadequate postnatal nutrient intake, and recurrent infections. Low-birth-weight (LBW) infants are at high risk of stunting. More than 25% of live births in low- and middle-income countries are at full term with low b...
Waqas Ullah Khan, Sohana Shafique, Hasina Shikder, Yaseer A. Shakur et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the recommended dietary intake of Ca in anaemic infants compromises the expected Hb response, via home fortification with a new Ca- and Fe-containing Sprinkles™ micronutrient powder (MNP). DESIGN: A double-blind, randomized controlled, 2-month trial was conducted in...
Sohana Shafique, Chowdhury Jalal, Saira Parveen Jolly, Hasina Shikder et al.
Objective To measure the relative efficacy of Benzalkonium Chloride containing, water‐based hand sanitizers (HS) and multiple micronutrient powder (MNP) along with nutrition and hygiene education (NHE) to prevent infections and linear growth faltering among low birth weight (LBW) infants. Methods Pr...
Sohana Shafique, Hasina Shikder, Saira Parveen Jolly, Chowdhury Jalal et al.
Objective To investigate if use of water‐based hand sanitizer along with nutrition and hygiene education can prevent linear growth faltering among term, low birth weight (TLBW) infants in Bangladesh. Methods Community‐based, cluster randomized, controlled trial using 48 clusters randomly assigned to...
Kristy Hackett, Chowdhury Jalal, Daniel Sellen, Umme Mukta et al.