Reflections on Infant Feeding

Notes on Infant Feeding

(Pp. 96; figs. 4; plates 10. 12s. 6d.) London: N.A.P.T., Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, W.C.1, 1954. IN this small book, which fits the pocket easily, Dr. Neville Irvine has provided a compact, eminently readable and concise guide to the history, principles and practice of B.C.G. vaccination with up-to-date information on the progress of vaccination with Wells' vole vaccine (Myco. tub...

Notes on Infant Feeding

On Infant Feeding and Infant Foods

Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt

As the papers in this thematic series have illustrated, the postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategy has struggled with lack of local relevance. In an attempt to increase our understanding of the great dissonance between the policy intention and the experiences of the participants in concrete PMTCT programmes, we will in these concluding remarks draw upon wri...

Perspectives and reflections on the practice of behaviour change communication for infant and young child feeding.

Behaviour change communication (BCC) is a critical component of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) interventions. In this study we asked BCC practitioners working in low- and middle-income countries to participate in an examination of BCC practice. We focus here on results of their personal reflections related to larger issues of practice. We used a combination of iterative triangulation and...