Participatory communication to strengthen the role of grandmothers in child health: an alternative paradigm for health education and health communication

J Aubel, D Sihalathavong - Journal of International Communication, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
… edged and strengthened grandmothers' role in family and community health matters. They
also … health education/ communication pilot project with grandmothers presented in this article. …

The role and influence of grandmothers on child nutrition: culturally designated advisors and caregivers

J Aubel - Maternal & child nutrition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
communication networks operate and influence such practices. In particular, the role and
influence of senior women, or grandmothers, … First, grandmothers play a central role as advisers …

Grandmothers–a cultural resource for women and children's health and well-being across the life cycle

J Aubel - Global Health Promotion, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… This review reveals that across non-western cultures Grandmothers play similar core roles
… The study revealed frequent communication between Grandmothers and children not only …

“We grandmothers know plenty”: breastfeeding, complementary feeding and the multifaceted role of grandmothers in Malawi

RB Kerr, L Dakishoni, L Shumba, R Msachi… - Social science & …, 2008 - Elsevier
… : first of all, we examine grandmothers' role and views of child … for health promotion activities
and models of health education. … grandmothers have a powerful and multifaceted role within …

Grandmothers as gatekeepers? The role of grandmothers in influencing health-seeking for mothers and newborns in rural northern Ghana

ML Gupta, RA Aborigo, PB Adongo, S Rominski… - … public health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
… understanding of the role that grandmothersFootnote 1 may … has highlighted the prominent
role the grandmothers play in … facets of the grandmother's role in maternal and child health. …

Senegalese grandmothers promote improved maternal and child nutrition practices: the guardians of tradition are not averse to change

J Aubel, I Touré, M Diagne - Social science & medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
role played by grandmothers in maternal and child health (MCH)… aimed to strengthen the
role of grandmothers in promoting … Our critique of the dominant communication paradigm draws …

The grandmother project

J Klotter - Townsend Letter, 2011 - go.gale.com
… project's health-care facilitators acknowledge grandmothers' role in maternal child health
them to establish genuine, horizontal communication relationships and to adopt a posture of …

[HTML][HTML] Grandmothers as change agents: developing a culturally appropriate program to improve maternal and child nutrition in Sierra Leone

CA MacDonald, J Aubel, BA Aidam… - Current Developments in …, 2020 - Elsevier
… need for grandmothers to have a central role in community MCN programs. It also points to
the need for increased use of a family-systems approach in designing public health nutrition …

[PDF][PDF] Strengthening grandmother networks to improve community nutrition

J Aubel, I Toure, M Diagne… - … , and Health, 2001 - oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com
… the active role played by grandmothers. We believe that the discovery of the grandmothers'
role in … 2 In most cases, directive communication and education methods are used to convey …

[图书][B] Communication among grandmothers, mothers, and adult daughters: A qualitative study of maternal relationships

MA Miller-Day - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
… examines communication processes within the grandmother-… mother-daughter relational
communication.Author Michelle Miller-Day … readers in the world of grandmothers, mothers, adult …