Health and Nutrition Programmes

Adequate health and nutrition is essential for the healthy development of children. Families affected by illness may not be able to work or provide proper care.  Children in these situations are at risk of dropping out of school in order to care for a sick adult and work in order to replace lost income.  If the caretaker dies from the illness, the child risks a number of negative outcomes including living on the street or being placed in institutional care.

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Cláudia Helena Julião - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,

This study focused on health promotion for children and young adults who live in residential care institutions in Portugal.

Temitope Kayode Bello & Jace Pillay - BMC Public Health,

The purpose of this longitudinal study from BMC Public Health is to develop, implement and to test the efficacy of an evidence-based nutrition education programme (NEP) for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in South Africa that will integrate their families/caregivers, schools and communities.

Lindsay Huffhines & Yo Jackson - Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma,

The goals of this study were 1) to examine this relation in youth placed in foster care with high levels of maltreatment exposure, and 2) to investigate the relation between maltreatment frequency and acute pain, and maltreatment frequency and general chronic health condition.

Yufeng Ouyang, Jiaojiao Zou, Meimei Ji, Yefu Zhang, Tong Yuan, Lina Yang, and Qian Lin - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,

This study evaluated the health service needs of left-behind children ages 3-5 years old in Hunan Province, China.

Save the Children,

In commemoration of its founding 100 years ago, Save the Children is releasing its third annual Global Childhood Report to celebrate progress for children.

María E. Serra and Rose Mari Soria - Arch Argent Pediatr,

In this article, the experience, difficulties and perspectives of the first health training program for foster child care facilities personnel in Argentina are presented.

Save the Children,

This document summarises Save the Children's involvement in supporting the Government of Myanmar and other partners to test and roll out a "First 1000 days" Maternal and Child Grant Programme that has proven to prevent chronic malnutrition.

1,000 Days,

1,000 Days, with support from Zero to Three and their Think Babies Campaign, has created this resource, Nutrition in the First 1,00 Days, to focus on the importance of investing in nutrition during this foundational period.

World Health Organization,

This book is part of the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s commitment to work for the health of refugees and migrants. It showcases good practices by which governments, non-state actors and international and nongovernmental organizations attempt to address the complexity of migration, by strengthening health system responsiveness to refugee and migrant health matters, and by coordinating and developing foreign policy solutions to improve health at the global, regional, country and local levels.

Gracia Fellmeth, et al - The Lancet,

This study investigated the effect of parental migration on the health of left behind-children and adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).