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Sevil Günaydin; Hüsniye Dinç Kaya; Tülay Yilmaz; Rukiye Duman; Seray Gür – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study aims to explore the experiences of breastfeeding mothers during pregnancy in tandem breastfeeding. This research is a qualitative study conducted using the phenomenological research design. Data saturation was achieved after 11 participants were interviewed. The content analysis approach was used to analyze the data. Interview…
Descriptors: Infants, Nutrition, Mothers, Pregnancy
Taylor Peabody; Deana Hildebrand; Cassidy Ring; Callie Fowler Farish – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2024
Purpose/Objectives: "Cooking for Kids," a culinary training program, conducted a needs assessment with key personnel in Oklahoma school nutrition programs to better understand the current training and resource needs of this population. Additionally, the needs assessment assessed barriers to accessing current training interventions…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Resources, Needs Assessment, Child Health
Xinhe Wang; Ben B. Hansen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Clustered randomized controlled trials are commonly used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments. Frequently, stratified or paired designs are adopted in practice. Fogarty (2018) studied variance estimators for stratified and not clustered experiments and Schochet et. al. (2022) studied that for stratified, clustered RCTs with…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Randomized Controlled Trials, Computation, Probability
GulRukh Zahid; Hamna Nasir; Fouzia sohail – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2024
The bright future of any society is always associated with its upcoming generation. Children are the future prosperity of any nation as they are productive workers of tomorrow. The main objective of this study is to estimate the opportunities available for children under age of 5 years and their mothers for different regions of Pakistan and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mothers, Nutrition
Van Hoorn, Megan; Feuling, Mary Beth; Allen, Kim; Berry, Rashelle; Brown, Shonda; Sullivan, Christine M.; Goday, Praveen S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Pediatric Feeding Disorder, a common problem in children, is commoner in children with various developmental disorders. Children with pediatric feeding disorder can have food selectivity and lack dietary diversity (DD). In this paper, an understanding of DD in these children is provided along with a dietary diversity index that can be helpful in…
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Disabilities, Eating Disorders, Food
Thurston Domina; Leah Clark; Vitaly Radsky; Renuka Bhaskar – American Educational Research Journal, 2024
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high-poverty schools to offer free meals to all students regardless of household income. Conceptualizing universal meal provision as a strategy to alleviate stigma associated with school meals, we hypothesize that CEP implementation reduces the incidence of suspensions, particularly for students…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Child Health
Nogay, Nalan Hakime; Nahikian-Nelms, Marcia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Background: Nutrition is important in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Because nutritional problems of children with ASD can lead to nutritional deficiencies and this can also directly or indirectly affect symptoms related to autism. We investigated the effect of diet and supplementation treatments on gastrointestinal, behavioral or sleep problems…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Program Effectiveness
Keim, Sarah A.; Jude, Abigail; Smith, Katie; Khan, Aiman Q.; Coury, Daniel L.; Rausch, Joseph; Udaipuria, Shivika; Norris, Megan; Bartram, Lindsay R.; Narayanan, Anita R.; Rogers, Lynette K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This double-blind, randomized controlled trial, tested fatty acid (FA) supplementation in children (ages 2- < 6 years) recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants received daily oral FA supplement containing omega-3 and omega-6 FA, or a placebo for 90 days based on participant weight. Erythrocyte FAs and the cytokines,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Human Body, Child Health
Prasetyo, Yoyok Bekti; Permatasari, Pipit; Susanti, Henny Dwi – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
Malnutrition in children is a significant risk factor for child mortality and is a global health problem. One of the influencing factors is low economic factors and the mother's education. This study aimed to analyze the effect of mothers' nutritional education and knowledge on children's nutritional status: a systematic review. The literature…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Nutrition Instruction
Moynihan, Manus; Illsley, Sarah – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: This feeding clinic engaged parents as active participants in a group intervention. Parents' participated behind a two-way mirror. This novel approach to practice in this domain largely evolved from an integration of theory, service user feedback, service development and the local context. This review sought to understand how parents…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Group Activities, Nutrition, Clinics
Caroline Rains; Kristen Giombi – RTI International, 2024
This brief summarizes the published Cochrane Review, "Healthy Eating Interventions Delivered in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings for Improving the Diet of Children Aged Six Months to Six Years," by S. L. Yoong, M. Lum, L. Wolfenden, J. Jackson, C. Barnes, A. E. Hall, S. McCrabb, N. Pearson, C. Lane, J. Z. Jones, E. Nolan, L.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Eating Habits, Health Behavior
Alexander Acosta; Edward Khokhlovich; Helena Reis; Andrey Vyshedskiy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of dietary factors on developmental trajectories in young autistic children. Methods: A gluten-free and casein-free diets, as well as six types of food (meat and eggs, vegetables, uncooked vegetables, sweets, bread, and "white soft bread that never molds") were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Rushing, Keith – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2019
The Applied Research Division (ARD) of the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) is located on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Funding for the Institute is provided from the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA, FNS), through the University of Mississippi. ARD's…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Research, Child Health, Research Projects
Zerrougui, Riad; Ziani, Khaoula; Saadat, Fadhila; Maamir, Narimane – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
Building on the achievements of the programs of the African Union Commission on school nutrition on the one hand, and striving to achieve the quality standards approved by the United Nations included in the program "Changing the education", and through a review of the health and nutrition literature, using a content analysis guide to…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Foreign Countries, Nutrition, Child Health
Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2022
In order to understand the influence of the pandemic on young children (aged six and under) and their caregivers, a consortium of partners commissioned this study to learn from impacts and actions taken in response to early childhood development (ECD) during Pandemic. The objective was to focus particularly on the disruptions related to the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Young Children, Early Childhood Education