Infant and Young Child Nutrition

2010 Melody Jenkins, Peace Corps Turkmenistan

Infant and Young Child Nutrition is the foundation to a child's healthy development--both physically and cognitively. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding are among the most important interventions to promote child health and development. Peace Corps Volunteers, globally, work on essential nutrition actions critical to promoting sound nutrition and prevention malnutrition.

Peace Corps generated materials

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ENA's: Complementary Feeding and Micronutrients Lesson Plan for Caregivers

No Date | Food for the Hungry | 55 pages

Complementary Feeding and Micronutrients Lesson Plan |

Complementary Feeding and Micronutrients Lesson Plan (French) |

Complementary Feeding and Micronutrients Lesson Plan (Portuguese) |

Ethiopia Illustrated Flip Chart (Amharic) |

DRC Illustrated Flip Chart |

DRC Illustrated Flip Chart (Swahili) |

DRC Illustrated Flip Chart (French) |

Mozambique Illustrated Flipchart |

Mozambique Illustrated Flipchart (Portuguese)

This module provides education about complementary feeding, good feeding practices, and how to use dish drying racks. Additionally, participants will learn about vitamin A, nutrient rich foods and monitoring child growth. Lesson 1: First Foods (Complementary Feeding) Lesson 2: Feeding During the Second Year (12-23 months) Lesson 3: Sanitary Food Preparation and Cleanup Lesson 4: Vitamin A Lesson 5: Nutrient Rich Foods Lesson 6: Growth Monitoring

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Infant and Child Feeding

No Date | Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) | 38 pages

infant and young child feeding.pdf

This document distills information from discussions at several technical meetings and technical documents on complementary feeding. It covers the duration of breastfeeding and the age complementary foods should be introduced; continued breastfeeding during the 6–24 month period; responsive feeding; feeding during and after illness; the safe preparation and storage of complementary foods; the use of micronutrient supplements; and the amounts, types, frequency, and consistency of complementary foods.

July 2003 | Academy for Educational Development [AED] | 5 pages

BF and Maternal Nutrition

FAQ Sheet is a series of publications of Frequently Asked Questions on topics addressed by the LINKAGES Project. This issue focuses on the impact of maternal nutrition on breastmilk quantity and quality, the nutritional requirements of lactating women, the impact of breastfeeding on maternal health, and implications of this information for programs.

2011 | John Snow Incorporated | 79 pages

IIB._HW_Training_Handouts_complete.pdf

This document consists of Handouts to accompany the ENA framework Training Guide

2011 | John Snow Incorporated | 34 pages

Booklet_of_Key_ENA_Messages_complete_for_web.pdf

This booklet illustrates the key ENA messages and can be used by those implementing and supporting health, nutrition, and food security programs for improving nutrition practices among pregnant and lactating mothers and children under two. It can be a resource for training community or facility-based workers or for promoting behavior change at the household level.

2011 | JSI | 59 pages

III._CV_Training_Guide_complete.pdf

This training manual equips semi literate or illiterate with basic action‐oriented nutrition knowledge and counseling skills needed to support pregnant women, mothers with children under two years of age and other key family members to adopt optimal nutrition practices. The course also covers basic skills for identifying children who are malnourished.

2011 | John Snow | 105 pages

IIA _HW_Training_Guide_complete.pdf

This training manual equips health service providers with the technical, action‐oriented nutrition knowledge and counseling skills needed to support pregnant women, mothers with children under two years of age and other key family members to adopt optimal nutrition practices.

2010 | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) | 1 slide

Handout 1 Malawi Food Groups final FR.ppt

Un poster avec les différents groupe d’aliments important surtout pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA. Le poster peut servir comme outils d’éducation et donnent beaucoup d’exemples de nourritures par groupe

2010 | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) | 22 slides

MOD1_FINAL FRENCH.ppt

Ce module permet aux participants d’acquérir des informations essentielles sur la nutrition, permettant d'élaborer des régimes alimentaires sains

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Nutrition Technical Reference Materials

2007 | USAID | 106 pages

TRM Nutrition.doc

The Nutrition Module of the Child Survival and Health Grants Technical Reference Materials describes the Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) approach and outlines the “why,” “what” and “how” for improved nutrition of vulnerable populations, including children under two years of age, and pregnant and lactating women.

2003 | Academy for Educational Development [AED] | 162 pages

Behavior change communication for improved infant.pdf

Purpose and Audience: The purpose of this course is twofold: to train community health works in behaviour change communication (BCC) skills to improve infant feeding and to train trainers of community health workers to deliver training on behaviour change communication related to infant feeding. This course emphasizes behaviour change communication skills and infant feeding technical content.

2002 | Collaborations & Resource Group (CORE) | 199 pages

hearth_book.pdf

This Guide from our NGO partners will help you decide if Positive Deviance/Hearth is the right approach for your community. Subsequent chapters contain useful exercises, tips and lessons learned by non-governmental organizations successfully implementing PD/Hearth around the world. Practical information and materials guide you through a series of steps to implement an effective Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth program.

2001 | Academy for Educational Development [AED] | 6 pages

Guidelines for appropriate complementary feeding for breastfed children.pdf

Facts for Feeding is a series of publications on recommended feeding and dietary practices to improve nutritional status at various points in the life cycle. This issue focuses on children 6-24 months of age. Policy makers,health care providers, and communicators can use these guidelines for developing messages and activities appropriate to local conditions.

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Peace Corps Resources

Peace Corps generated materials

Peace Corps Manual: Care Group Approach - Health Promotion and Behavior Change through a Community Based Strategy

2010 | Peace Corps/Benin | 37 pages

FINAL Peace Corps Benin Care Group Approach Manual.docx

The Care group approach-A Care Group is a group of 10-15 volunteer, community-based health educators (Leader Mothers) who regularly meet together with Co-Promoters (PCVs) and Health Promoters (PCV Counterparts). Care groups are different from typical mother’s groups in that each Leader Mother is responsible for regularly visiting 10-15 of her neighbors, sharing what she has learned and facilitating behavior change at the household level. Care Groups create a multiplying effect to equitably reach every beneficiary household with interp

2009 | Peace Corps/Dominican Republic | 6 pages

Public Health Manual - 04 - Salud Juvenil.pdf

The book is intended to be used by community health workers (including counselors, teachers, health educators, nurses and/or doctors), those living in both rural and urban communities. Although the book can be used in permanent settings, such as clinics, hospitals, community centers and schools and etc., the book was designed as a tool for community health workers who travel from house-to-house or location-to-location. It is intended to be used for hard-to-reach areas of the community where community members might otherwise have a difficult time reaching basic health service

2009 | Peace Corps/Dominican Republic | 16 pages

Public Health Manual - 05 - La Lactancia Materna y Alimentacion para los Bebes en la Infancia.pdf

1996 | Peace Corps ICE | 10 pages

R0105_Health Activities_Primary.pdf

Interactive classroom based activities include a Vitamin A game, nutrition musical chairs (about food groups), nutrition concentration (how micronutrient deficiency can lead to inadequate development and health problems) and a nutrition tug-a-war. These activities were developed by Peace Corps/Thailand and should be adapted according to country context.

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