ABSTRACT DIGEST ON MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION RESEARCH – ISSUE 34

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This issue of Abstract Digest comes to you at a time when the global nutrition research community is actively looking for ways to address malnutrition in the changing context of COVID-19 pandemic. The articles in this issue include a modelling study by Roberton and colleagues on early estimates of the indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, and comments on it.

In addition, from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–17, India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CGF Collaborators and India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Child Mortality Collaborators have presented subnational analyses of child undernutrition and mortality trends in India. The other India-specific studies examine the patterns of wasting and stunting by month of measurement, and the evidence on the use of India’s Integrated Child Development Services program among beneficiaries.

Given below is the list of articles included in this issue. Please click on the title if you wish to go straight to the article or download the Abstract Digest to explore further.

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List of articles in this issue

• Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

Roberton et al. 2020. The Lancet Global Health.

Comment

Avoiding indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health

Menendez et al. 2020. The Lancet Global Health.

Comment

A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children's health and wellbeing

Fore, H. H. 2020. The Lancet Global Health.

• COVID-19: The Inflammation Link and the Role of Nutrition in Potential Mitigation

Zabetakis et al. 2020. Nutrients 12(5): 1466.

• Nutrition support in the time of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)  

Laviano et al. 2020. Nutrition 74: 110834.

• Effect of Differences in Month and Location of Measurement in Estimating Prevalence and Trend of Wasting and Stunting in India in 2005–2006 and 2015-2016

Madan et al. 2020. Current Developments in Nutrition.

• Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017  

India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CGF Collaborators. 2020. EClinicalMedicine 22: 100317.

• Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–17  

India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Child Mortality Collaborators. 2020. The Lancet 395(10237): 1640-1658.

• The impact of nutrition on COVID-19 susceptibility and long-term consequences

Butler and Barriento. 2020. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

• Associations of maternal resources with care behaviours differ by resource and behaviour

Basnet et al. 2020. Maternal & Child Nutrition.

• Association between milk consumption and child growth for children aged 6–59 months

Herber et al. 2020. Scientific Reports 10: 6730.

• Factors Associated With Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Li et al. 2020. JAMA Network Open 3(4): e203386.

• India’s food system in the time of COVID-19

Bhamoriya et al. 2020. Economic and Political Weekly 55(15): 12-14.

• Association of Poor Sanitation With Growth Measurements Among Children in India   

Chakrabarti et al. 2020. JAMA Network Open 3(4): e202791.

• Strategies to address anaemia among pregnant and lactating women in India: a formative research study

Williams et al. 2020. Public Health Nutrition 23(5): 795-805.

• Utilization of Integrated Child Development Services in India: Programmatic Insights from National Family Health Survey, 2016    

Rajpal et al. 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(9): 10.3390/ijerph17093197.

• Lasting Impact of Early Life Interventions: Evidence from India’s Integrated Child Development Services    

Dhamija and Sen. 2020. The Journal of Development Studies.

• Child Undernutrition and Convergence of Multisectoral Interventions in India: An Econometric Analysis of National Family Health Survey 2015–16 

Rajpal et al. 2020. Frontiers in Public Health 8.

• Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design 

Choufani et al. 2020. Maternal & Child Nutrition.

• Effects of an mHealth intervention for community health workers on maternal and child nutrition and health service delivery in India: protocol for a quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation

Nimmagadda et al. 2020. BMJ Open 9(3).

For more resources on the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes, determinants and coverage of interventions related to maternal and child nutrition, please explore issues of our COVID-19 Nutrition Digest (May & June 2020).