Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anuska Kalita, Bijetri Bose, Liana Woskie, Annie Haakenstad, Jan E. Cooper, Winnie Yip
Summary: This study is the first large-scale research on private pharmacies in India and compares them with other healthcare providers. The study also explores the reasons why patients choose private pharmacies and evaluates the quality and cost of care provided by these pharmacies. The findings suggest that incorporating private pharmacies into a comprehensive health systems approach is important for achieving universal health coverage in India.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Erica Sedlander, Ichhya Pant, Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Hagere Yilma, Lipika Patro, Satyanarayan Mohanty, Rohini Ganjoo, Rajiv Rimal
Summary: This study examines the effect of a social norms-based intervention on iron folic acid (IFA) consumption among women in India. The results suggest that all components of the intervention had varying degrees of impact on IFA use. However, improvements in hemoglobin levels were not yet discernible.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Suman Chakrabarti, Anwesha Pan, Parvati Singh
Summary: The implementation of the Mamata scheme in Odisha, India was associated with positive impacts on maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes, including increased likelihood of breastfeeding counseling, ANC receipt, and full immunization, as well as decreased risk of child stunting and anemia. Heterogeneous effects were observed when comparing the impacts between poor and non-poor groups following the program.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Winnie Yip, Anuska Kalita, Bijetri Bose, Jan Cooper, Annie Haakenstad, William Hsiao, Liana Woskie, Michael R. Reich
Summary: India has implemented major healthcare reforms, but still faces challenges in health system performance, especially in poorer states like Odisha. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted a comprehensive study in Odisha to assess the health system and diagnose underlying causes.
HEALTH SYSTEMS & REFORM
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Apoorva Nambiar, Satish B. Agnihotri, Ashish Singh, Dharmalingam Arunachalam
Summary: This study utilized sub-district level survey data to investigate the spatial clustering and patterns of child undernutrition in India. The findings indicate significant spatial clustering of undernutrition in specific geographic pockets, with poor sanitation, low institutional and skilled deliveries, and poor maternal health being identified as contributing factors. These results emphasize the need for targeted intervention and inter-sectoral coordination.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Rebecca Mitchell, Jessica Gordon, Gopal Krushna Bhoi, Nicholas Nisbett
Summary: To achieve Zero Hunger, a better understanding of the barriers to food security is needed. This article investigates access to nutrition and food services in impoverished districts in Odisha, India. Interviews reveal that both front-line service providers and high-level officials can create barriers to access. Marginalization due to identity, poverty, and education disparities hampers progress. This study aims to improve understanding of health and nutrition access and demonstrates the value of the candidacy model in LMIC settings.
Article
Family Studies
Pallavi Behera, Jayashree Parida, Narendra Kakade, Sanghamitra Pati, Subhendu Kumar Acharya
Summary: The burden of mental health problems among Indian adolescents, especially in urban areas, is a significant issue. However, there is a lack of attention to adolescent mental health in Indian society, leading to difficulties in accessing mental healthcare. This study aims to provide an overview of adolescent mental healthcare policies and programs in India and identify the challenges and barriers in delivering and accessing mental healthcare for adolescents.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meena Sehgal, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Kanwal Nayan Singh, Vidhu Gupta, Kanhaiya Lal, Anu Sehgal, Ajay Mathur
Summary: This study examines the vulnerability of nutrition security in India, particularly among children under five years old. By analyzing district-level data and using statistical methods to prioritize areas for public health interventions, the study found that vulnerable districts for agriculture and child health are mainly clustered in central and western parts of India, requiring policy interventions to enhance nutrition security. The study provides an approach for prioritizing regions and populations that require higher attention to improve crop productivity and population health.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erica Reeve, Amerita Ravuvu, Ellen Johnson, Selai Nasiga, Tom Brewer, Sarah Mounsey, Anne Marie Thow
Summary: There is a global call for governments to adopt pricing policies to ensure access to and affordability of healthy diets. However, there is a lack of evidence on how to design and apply effective food taxes. This article examines the global evidence for food taxes and presents practical lessons for policy design, adoption, and implementation, using the Pacific Islands Region as a case study. Collaboration between health and finance sectors can address concerns about the impact of food taxes on employment, economics, and equity while providing an opportunity to fund revenue shortfalls after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alessandro Connor Crocetti, Beau Cubillo (Larrakia), Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa), Troy Walker (Yorta Yorta), Karen Hill (Torres Strait Islander), Fiona Mitchell (Mununjali), Yin Paradies (Wakaya), Kathryn Backholer, Jennifer Browne
Summary: The study found that commercial industry activities have significant impacts on the health and well-being of Indigenous populations in high-income countries, with extractive (mining), tobacco, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, alcohol, and gambling industries playing roles. While harmful commercial practices such as exploitation of Indigenous land, marketing, lobbying, and corporate social responsibility were common, there were also positive activities that reinforced cultural expression, cultural continuity, and Indigenous self-determination. Few articles highlighted Indigenous involvement in the study design and implementation, indicating the need for more Indigenous-led or collaborative research on commercial determinants of Indigenous health.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Angela Carriedo, Paul Cairney, Simon Barquera, Benjamin Hawkins
Summary: This paper examines the emergence and impact of policy networks in the development and implementation of the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverage tax. The study analyzes interviews and documents to explore the role and influence of various actors in the policy process.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kathrin Lauber, Harry Rutter, Anna B. Gilmore
Summary: The study investigates how ultra-processed food industry actors attempt to influence global NCD policy through coalition management, involvement in policy formulation, and information management. Their strategies involve creating alliances, lobbying Member States, and funding favorable research while challenging unfavorable evidence. Guarding against commercial interference is crucial to advancing NCD policy and is similar to the political behavior of the tobacco industry. Increased awareness and safeguards at both the national and global levels can strengthen the work of WHO.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Oliver Huse, Erica Reeve, Colin Bell, Gary Sacks, Phillip Baker, Benjamin Wood, Kathryn Backholer
Summary: This study aimed to describe how The Coca-Cola Company operates in LMICs in East Asia and how these activities may negatively influence health outcomes.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla
Summary: The study highlights significant gaps in data availability in India's public finance management system, which stem from weak planning processes, line-item budgeting, lack of time cost availability, inefficient fund release processes, difficulties in estimating target populations, and absence of output costing. These gaps in the PFM system may lead to strained delivery of public services, impacting quality and the ability to make necessary adjustments.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ashish Joshi, Ann Gaba, Shyamli Thakur, Ashoo Grover
Summary: Nutrition informatics involves the effective use of information, data, and knowledge to address food and nutrition related issues. India's changing landscape in food and nutrition practices highlights the need to develop a workforce in NI to tackle nutrition challenges.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicholas Nisbett
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2019)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Anne Marie Thow, Nicholas Nisbett
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laura Casu, Stuart Gillespie, Nicholas Nisbett
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aparna John, Nicholas Nisbett, Inka Barnett, Rasmi Avula, Purnima Menon
Article
Environmental Studies
Leah Salm, Nicholas Nisbett, Laura Cramer, Stuart Gillespie, Philip Thornton
Summary: Climate change significantly impacts nutritional status, with vulnerable populations being the most affected. Understanding the interaction between inequity and adverse nutrition outcomes in the face of increasing climate change pressures is a novel area of research. Studies highlight the importance of addressing equity as a fundamental component in climate change and nutrition research to ensure inclusive decision-making processes.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicholas Nisbett, Sharon Friel, Richmond Aryeetey, Fabio da Silva Gomes, Jody Harris, Kathryn Backholer, Phillip Baker, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Sirinya Phulkerd
Article
Food Science & Technology
Richmond Aryeetey, Afua Atuobi-Yeboah, Lucy Billings, Nicholas Nisbett, Mara van den Bold, Mariama Toure
Summary: The study found that child stunting and anemia rates decreased in Ghana at the national level, but with variations in different subgroups. Reduction in anemia was correlated with changes in household, maternal, and child characteristics, while stunting reduction was linked to bed-net utilization, household wealth, and pregnancy care service utilization. Multiple policies and programs across various sectors were identified as potentially relevant to further reduce child stunting and anemia, with enhanced coordination and capacity needed for continued progress.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erica Marie Nelson, Nicholas Nisbett, Stuart Gillespie
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a series of economic, food, public health, and political shocks globally, leading to a rethinking of global systems. Anticolonial movements in the global health sector challenging hierarchies of race, space, gender, and expert knowledge have gained new significance amid the unequal impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. There is a growing urgency for critical analysis of recent events as practitioners in global health seek to reimagine the future and understand the connections and differences between past challenges to Western powers and current issues.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Nicholas Nisbett, Jody Harris, Derek Headey, Mara van den Bold, Stuart Gillespie, Noora-Lisa Aberman, Olutayo Adeyemi, Richmond Aryeetey, Rasmi Avula, Elodie Becquey, Scott Drimie, Elyse Iruhiriye, Leah Salm, Zuzanna Turowska
Summary: This article provides an overview of findings from 14 studies conducted in nine countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe between 2017 and 2021. The studies utilized various methods to assess determinants of nutritional change and focused on multisectoral determinants, changes in the food environment, structural factors, and changes in political commitment, cross-sectoral coherence, and capacity. It emphasizes the importance of addressing both upstream and downstream determinants of nutrition to effectively tackle the issue.
Article
Geography
Nicholas Nisbett
Summary: This paper explores critical approaches to child malnutrition and the underlying causes, which go beyond just food and encompass various social and material relationships. By drawing on broader geographies of infrastructure and care, as well as feminist perspectives on childhood, infant feeding, and shame, the paper aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the infrastructures of nurture and the implications of their gaps and deficiencies.
CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Rebecca Mitchell, Jessica Gordon, Gopal Krushna Bhoi, Nicholas Nisbett
Summary: To achieve Zero Hunger, a better understanding of the barriers to food security is needed. This article investigates access to nutrition and food services in impoverished districts in Odisha, India. Interviews reveal that both front-line service providers and high-level officials can create barriers to access. Marginalization due to identity, poverty, and education disparities hampers progress. This study aims to improve understanding of health and nutrition access and demonstrates the value of the candidacy model in LMIC settings.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Leah Salm, Nicholas Nisbett, Katie Cuming, Tabitha Hrynick, Alexandra Lulache, Hayley MacGregor
Summary: Childhood obesity is a global problem with complex causes and few proven solutions. This study examines the successful reduction of child obesity rates in Brighton, UK, and identifies key mechanisms that contribute to a supportive environment for obesity reduction. These mechanisms include early years intervention, political support, tailored interventions, cross-sector collaboration, and a 'whole system' approach.
Editorial Material
Food Science & Technology
Petronell Kruger, Rachel Wynberg, Mikateko Mafuyeka, Amos Laar, Melissa Mialon, Lori Lake, Chantell Witten, Nicholas Nisbett, Phillip Baker, Karen Hofman
Summary: The recent participation of Nestle in the Africa Food Prize highlights the growing influence of the ultra-processed food industry in Africa, and prompts us to consider its implications for the continent's agenda on sustainable food systems.
Review
Development Studies
Melissa Leach, Nicholas Nisbett, Lidia Cabral, Jody Harris, Naomi Hossain, John Thompson
Article
Area Studies
Emily O'Brien, Nicholas Nisbett
IDS BULLETIN-INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
(2019)
