Around the world, many women continue to experience low levels of autonomy. Recent
literature has reported that the health consequences of low maternal autonomy extend …

Many of the challenges facing children now are a function of changing times, including
increase in urbanization, political violence, changing family forms, and in some areas …

This open access book examines the interactions between India's economic development,
agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” …

The subject of targeting public-and private-sector programs to femaleheaded households in
developing countries in order to attack poverty and social disadvantage is controversial and …

Care is the provision in the household and the community of time, attention, and support to
meet the physical, mental, and social needs of the growing child and other household …

The high prevalence of child under-nutrition remains a profound challenge in the developing
world. Maternal autonomy was examined as a determinant of breast feeding and infant …

Child stunting, an outcome of chronic undernutrition, contributes to poor quality of life,
morbidity and mortality. In South Asia, the low status of women is thought to be one of the …

Analysis of the first nationally representative household survey of Uganda shows that
women-headed households are not poorer when assessed by consumption or income. Nor …

The success of development policy depends on the ability to successfully anticipate the
response of individuals to changing incentives. Often, however, actual responses differ from …

List of tables; Education of caregiver; Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of caregiver;
Physical health and nutritional status of caregiver; Mental health, self-confidence, and lack of …