Search Results - "Martines, J"

Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves by Borghi, E., de Onis, M., Garza, C., Van den Broeck, J., Frongillo, E. A., Grummer-Strawn, L., Van Buuren, S., Pan, H., Molinari, L., Martorell, R., Onyango, A. W., Martines, J. C.

“…The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with a number of research institutions worldwide, is developing new child growth standards. As part of a…”
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Childbirth practices in rural Rajasthan, India: implications for neonatal health and survival by Iyengar, S D, Iyengar, K, Martines, J C, Dashora, K, Deora, K K

“…In a rural community of Rajasthan in north India, we explored family, community and provider practices during labor and childbirth, which are likely to…”
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Care-seeking practices in rural Rajasthan: barriers and facilitating factors by Mohan, P, Iyengar, S D, Agarwal, K, Martines, J C, Sen, K

“…Poor care seeking contributes significantly to high neonatal mortality in developing countries. The study was conducted to identify care-seeking patterns for…”
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Nutrition counseling increases weight gain among Brazilian children by Santos, I, Victora, C G, Martines, J, Gonçalves, H, Gigante, D P, Valle, N J, Pelto, G

“…To assess the impact on child growth of the nutrition-counseling component of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy, a randomized…”
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Randomised trial to assess benefits and safety of vitamin A supplementation linked to immunisation in early infancy by Arthur, P, Bahl, R, Bhan, M K, Kirkwood, B R

“…The benefits and safety of vitamin A supplementation linked to immunisation in infancy need to be assessed before it can be widely recommended. We assessed the…”
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Introduction: Using research for improved delivery of newborn health interventions by Bahl, R, Martines, J C, Kirkwood, B R, Pelto, P

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Counselling on breastfeeding : assessing knowledge and skills by REA, M. F, VENANCIO, S. I, MARTINES, J. C, SAVAGE, F

“…Reported are the results of a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of the WHO/UNICEF 40-hour course "Breastfeeding counselling: a training…”
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Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect by Victora, Cesar G, Prof, Bahl, Rajiv, MD, Barros, Aluísio J D, Prof, França, Giovanny V A, PhD, Horton, Susan, Prof, Krasevec, Julia, MSc, Murch, Simon, Prof, Sankar, Mari Jeeva, DM, Walker, Neff, PhD, Rollins, Nigel C

“…Summary The importance of breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income countries is well recognised, but less consensus exists about its importance in…”
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OP04.32: Prenatal congenital heart defects diagnosis using spatio‐temporal image correlation technique by Bennasar, M., Olivella, A., Del Rio, M., Martines, J. M., Figueras, F., Gómez, O., Coll, O., Puerto, B., Gratacós, E.

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Moving Beyond Essential Interventions for Reduction of Maternal Mortality (the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health): A Cross-Sectional Study by Souza, J.P, Gülmezoglu, A.M, Vogel, J, Carroli, G, Lumbiganon, P, Qureshi, Z, Costa, M.J, Fawole, B, Mugerwa, Y, Nafiou, I, Neves, I, Wolomby-Molondo, J.J, Bang, H.T, Cheang, K, Chuyun, K, Jayaratne, K, Jayathilaka, C.A, Mazhar, S.B, Mori, R, Mustafa, M.L, Pathak, L.R, Perera, D, Rathavy, T, Recidoro, Z, Roy, M, Ruyan, P, Shrestha, N, Taneepanichsku, S, Tien, N.V, Ganchimeg, T, Wehbe, M, Yadamsuren, B, Yan, W, Yunis, K, Bataglia, V, Cecatti, J.G, Hernandez-Prado, B, Nardin, J.M, Narváez, A, Ortiz-Panozo, E, Pérez-Cuevas, R, Valladares, E, Zavaleta, N, Armson, A, Crowther, C, Hogue, C, Lindmark, G, Mittal, S, Pattinson, R, Stanton, M.E, Campodonico, L, Cuesta, C, Giordano, D, Intarut, N, Laopaiboon, M, Bahl, R, Martines, J, Mathai, M, Merialdi, M, Say, L

“…(Lancet. 2013;381(9879):1747–1755)…”
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279 IMPROVING COMPLIANCE FOR RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS PROPHYLAXIS by Roberts, J. R., Martines, J., White, S., Battaglia, R., Darden, P. M.

“…PurposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of efforts of the clinic staff to improve palivizumab compliance.MethodsIn a hospital-based clinic, a number of changes in…”
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Research steps in the development and evaluation of public health interventions by DE ZOYSA, I, HABICHT, J.-P, PELTO, G, MARTINES, J

“…Presented is a conceptual framework for planning intervention-related research. Altogether, nine steps in the process of developing and evaluating public…”
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Case-control study of risk of dehydrating diarrhoea in infants in vulnerable period after full weaning by Fuchs, Sandra Costa, Victora, Cesar Gomes, Martines, Jose

“…Abstract Objectives: To investigate risk factors for dehydrating diarrhoea in infants, with special interest in the weaning period. Design: Case-control study…”
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Neonatal Survival 4: Neonatal survival: a call for action by Martines, Jose, Paul, Vinod K, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Koblinsky, Marjorie

“…To achieve the Millennium Development Goal for child survival (MDG-4), neonatal deaths need to be prevented. Previous papers in this series have presented the…”
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Weaning in southern Brazil: is there a "weanling's dilemma"? by Martines, J C, Habicht, J P, Ashworth, A, Kirkwood, B R

“…In Pelotas, Brazil, 400 newborns from low income families were followed-up until 26 wk of life to study the relationship between their feeding patterns and…”
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An educational intervention to promote appropriate complementary feeding practices and physical growth in infants and young children in rural Haryana, India by Bhandari, Nita, Mazumder, Sarmila, Bahl, Rajiv, Martines, Jose, Black, Robert E, Bhan, Maharaj K

“…Complementary feeding practices are often inadequate in developing countries, resulting in a significant nutritional decline between 6 and 18 mo of age. We…”
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Effect of community-based promotion of exclusive breastfeeding on diarrhoeal illness and growth: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Bhandari, Nita, Bahl, Rajiv, Mazumdar, Sarmila, Martines, Jose, Black, Robert E, Bhan, Maharaj K

“…Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended until age 6 months. We assessed the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of an educational intervention to promote…”
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Breast-feeding among the urban poor in southern Brazil: reasons for termination in the first 6 months of life by MARTINES, J. C, ASHWORTH, A, KIRKWOOD, B

“…A study of breast-feeding practices over the first 6 months of life among a cohort of urban poor infants in southern Brazil indicated that the median duration…”
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Infant feeding patterns and risks of death and hospitalization in the first half of infancy : multicentre cohort study by BAHL, Rajiv, FROST, Chris, KIRKWOOD, Betty R, EDMOND, Karen, MARLINES, Jose, BHANDARI, Nita, ARTHUR, Paul

“…To determine the association of different feeding patterns for infants (exclusive breastfeeding, predominant breastfeeding, partial breastfeeding and no…”
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Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study by Mony, PK, Tadele, H, Gobezayehu, AG, Chan, GJ, Kumar, A, Mazumder, S, Beyene, SA, Jayanna, K, Kassa, DH, Mohammed, HA, Estifanos, AS, Kumar, P, Jadaun, AS, Abay, TH, Washington, M, Gebriel, FW, Alamineh, L, Fikre, A, Trikha, S, Gebregizabher, FA, Kar, A, Bilal, SM, Belew, ML, Debere, MK, Krishna, R, Dalpath, SK, Amare, SY, Mohan, HL, Brune, T, Sibley, LM, Tariku, A, Sahu, A, Kumar, T, Hadush, MY, Gowda, PD, Aziz, K, Duguma, D, Singh, PK, Darmstadt, GL, Agarwal, R, Gebremariam, DS, Martines, J, Portela, A, Jaiswal, HV, Bahl, R, Rao, PNS, Tadesse, BT, Cranmer, JN, Hailemariam, D, Kumar, V, Bhandari, N, Medhanyie, AA

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