Iqbal Kabir, Mansura Khanam, Kingsley Agho, Seema Mihrshahi et al.
Suboptimal and inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the major causes of child undernutrition in the first 2 years of life in South Asian countries including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to use the newly developed World Health Organization infant feeding indicators to ide...
Seema Mihrshahi, Iqbal Kabir, Roy Sk, Kingsley Agho et al.
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, poor infant and young child feeding practices are contributing to the burden of infectious diseases and malnutrition. Objective. To estimate the determinants of selected feeding practices and key indicators of breastfeeding and complementary feeding in Bangladesh. METHODS:...
Seema Mihrshahi, Naomi Ichikawa, Muhammad Shuaib, Wendy H. Oddy et al.
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and morbidity (diarrhoeal diseases and acute respiratory infection) in infants aged 0-3 month(s) using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2003 data from Bangladesh. The study po...
Seema Mihrshahi, Wendy H. Oddy, Jennifer Peat, Iqbal Kabir
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, infectious diseases such as diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections are the main cause of mortality and morbidity in infants aged less than one year. The importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the prevention of infectious diseases during infancy is well know...
Michael J. Dibley, Roy Sk, Upul Senarath, Archana Patel et al.
BACKGROUND: Information on infant and young child feeding is widely available in Demographic and Health Surveys and National Family Health Surveys for countries in South Asia; however, infant and young child feeding indicators from these surveys have not been compared between countries in the region...
Khurshid Jahan, Roy Sk, Seema Mihrshahi, Nigar Sultana et al.
BACKGROUND: Maternal malnutrition and poor gestational weight gain are the most important causes of low birthweight and infant mortality in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of short-term nutrition education on weight gain in the third trimester of pregnancy, birth outcomes, and breastfeed...
Saldana Hossain, Seema Mihrshahi
BACKGROUND: Despite growing evidence of the impacts of exclusively breastfeeding infants during the first 6 months of life on preventing childhood infections and ensuring optimal health, only a small number of studies have quantified this association in South Asia. METHODS: We analyzed data from the...
Seema Mihrshahi, Hannah Tait, Rukhsana Haider, Gulshan Ara et al.
Background: Interventions to promote breastfeeding are the cornerstone of efforts to reduce childhood illness and death from undernutrition. Evidence suggests that one of the most effective strategies to increase breastfeeding is through peer counsellors. However, the experiences of peer counsellors...
Nabila Binte Haque, Seema Mihrshahi, Rukhsana Haider
BACKGROUND: Appropriate complementary feeding can help reduce the risk of malnutrition and is especially important in Asian and African countries. Peer counselling has been used as an approach to improve complementary feeding practices and is often combined with other interventions, like food fortif...
Seema Mihrshahi, Gulshan Ara, Mansura Khanam, Sabrina Rasheed et al.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to assess if peer counseling of women improves breastfeeding, complementary feeding practices, and child growth, and thus reduces the prevalence of undernutrition in children up to 4 years of age. OBJECTIVE: Lack of exclusive breastfeeding and inappropriate compl...
Seema Mihrshahi, Gulshan Ara, Mansura Khanam, Sabrina Rasheed et al.
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The aim of this study is to assess if peer counseling of women improves breastfeeding, complementary feeding practices, and child growth, and thus reduces the prevalence of undernutrition in children up to 4 years of age. </sec> <sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> Lack of ...
Rukhsana Haider, Virginia Thorley, Seema Mihrshahi
Sub-optimal feeding practices contribute towards malnutrition in young infants and children. Building upon successfully improving breastfeeding practices through peer counselling in Bangladesh, starting from 1995, this project tested if complementary feeding practices could be improved by similar me...
I. Kabir, Seema Mihrshahi, Roy Sk, Kingsley Agho et al.