Child feeding knowledge and practices among women participating in growth monitoring and promotion in Accra, Ghana

S Gyampoh, GE Otoo, RNO Aryeetey - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2014 - Springer
Background Child undernutrition and poor feeding practices remain a concern in Ghana.
The Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) programme seeks to empower mothers to …

Utilization of growth monitoring and promotion is highest among children aged 0–11 months: a survey among mother-child pairs from rural northern Ghana

F Seidu, V Mogre, A Yidana, JB Ziem - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background More than half of all deaths in under 5 children is related to malnutrition. Child
malnutrition could be prevented through regular monitoring of the growth and development …

Exploring reasons for low attendance of mothers to growth monitoring and promotion program at Loka Abaya District, Southern Ethiopia: Exploratory qualitative study

M Tekle, B Tariku, A Alagaw, E Zerihun… - Journal of nutrition …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Different organizations in Ethiopia are currently working on prevention and
promotion activities to fight malnutrition among children through a community‐based …

Understanding why child welfare clinic attendance and growth of children in the nutrition surveillance programme is below target: lessons learnt from a mixed methods …

F Agbozo, E Colecraft, A Jahn, T Guetterman - BMC nursing, 2018 - Springer
Background Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) programmes promote not only child
health but serve as a service delivery strategy to enhance coverage for other crucial nutrition …

[PDF][PDF] Caregivers knowledge, attitude and practices on child growth monitoring and promotion activities in Lawra District, Upper West Region of Ghana

TD Debuo, PK Appiah, M Kweku… - Science Journal of …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Background: Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) activities serve as an important
platform for the implementation of child survival interventions to reduce malnutrition …

Impact of type of child growth intervention program on caregivers' child feeding knowledge and practices: a comparative study in Ga West Municipality, Ghana

F Agbozo, E Colecraft, B Ellahi - Food science & nutrition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Community‐based growth promotion (CBGP) delivered by community volunteers aims at
enhancing the traditional growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) program delivered by …

Complementary feeding practices of mothers and their perceived impacts on young children: findings from KEEA district of Ghana

BK Egyir, SA Ramsay, B Bilderback… - Maternal and child health …, 2016 - Springer
Objective Appropriate and timely complementary feeding practices are fundamental to a
child's growth, health, and development during the first 2 years of life. This study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Practices and challenges of growth monitoring and promotion in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

SM Bilal, A Moser, R Blanco, M Spigt… - Journal of health …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The use of growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) has become widespread. It is a potential
contributor towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals of halving hunger and …

An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia

KE Charlton, BM Kawana, MK Hendricks - Nutrition, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effectiveness of the growth monitoring and promotion (GMP)
program in Zambia. METHODS: A 3-mo prospective study of growth outcomes was …

Effect of maternal growth monitoring knowledge on stunting, wasting and underweight among children 0–18 months in Tamale metropolis of Ghana

M Bukari, MM Abubakari, M Majeed, AR Abizari… - BMC research …, 2020 - Springer
Objective This study sought to assess maternal growth monitoring knowledge and its effect
on stunting, wasting and underweight among children 0–18 months in the Tamale …