Sofia Quintero Romero: Protection and Support of Breastfeeding With a Feminist and Social Justice Lens
J Hum Lact. 2023 Aug 30:8903344231193723. doi: 10.1177/08903344231193723. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSofia Quintero Romero graduated as a medical doctor at Universidad del Rosario, Bogotà, Colombia, in 1977. She spent a compulsory rural year working in a remote indigenous community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. In 1979 she worked in Bolivia for Terre des Hommes and Oxfam, evaluating their health projects with the Aymara Indians and in the tin mines. She had to leave Colombia for political reasons and went to England, where she obtained, in 1981, an MSc in Community Health at the London School of Hygi...
Source: Rural Remote Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sofia Quintero Romero Maryse Arendt Source Type: research
Sofia Quintero Romero: Protection and Support of Breastfeeding With a Feminist and Social Justice Lens
J Hum Lact. 2023 Aug 30:8903344231193723. doi: 10.1177/08903344231193723. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSofia Quintero Romero graduated as a medical doctor at Universidad del Rosario, Bogotà, Colombia, in 1977. She spent a compulsory rural year working in a remote indigenous community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. In 1979 she worked in Bolivia for Terre des Hommes and Oxfam, evaluating their health projects with the Aymara Indians and in the tin mines. She had to leave Colombia for political reasons and went to England, where she obtained, in 1981, an MSc in Community Health at the London School of Hygi...
Source: Rural Remote Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sofia Quintero Romero Maryse Arendt Source Type: research
Government seizure of Nicaraguan university a blow to science, researchers say
Researchers in Nicaragua say the government’s takeover of a prominent private university has dealt another serious blow to academic freedom and scientific autonomy in the country.
Last week, President Daniel Ortega’s administration
confiscated
the assets of the Central American University (UCA) in Managua and closed its campuses, alleging the Jesuit-run institution had become a “hub of terrorism” and that its leaders were “traitors to the country.” It then
reopened
the campus with new leadership and a new name: the Casimiro Sotelo Montenegro National University, in honor of a Sandinist...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Home Gardening in Improving Food Security and Health in Chacraseca, Nicaragua: A Pilot Study
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023;34(1):842-856. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0037.ABSTRACTWe studied the usefulness of home gardening in improving food security and health. One hundred participants were randomized into the control and intervention group of which the intervention group received training in home gardening. Results showed that the percentage of participants with normal body mass index decreased from 24.4% to 20% in the control group whereas it remained unchanged in the intervention group. The number of participants in the very low food security category decreased from 66% (n=33) to 54% (n=27) in the intervention...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joel Tumwebaze Joseph J Molnar Kate Thornton Onikia Brown Source Type: research
