Socio-Economic Conditions of Moderately and Mildly Malnourished Children Admitted in Specific Intervention Programs in Nias Island, Indonesia

Download or read book Socio-Economic Conditions of Moderately and Mildly Malnourished Children Admitted in Specific Intervention Programs in Nias Island, Indonesia written by Eko Nugroho and published by Universitas Brawijaya Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the prevalence of malnutrition in Nias Island, Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), which is an outpatient care model, has been established to treat moderately and mildly wasted children and prevent them from becoming more severely wasted (PURWESTRI 2006; INAYATI 2006). Since 2007-2009, research on “Effectiveness of Locally Produced Ready-to-Use Foods (RUF) and Micronutrient Powder (MNP) for in-Home Use and/or Intensive Nutrition Education for Wasted Children in Nias – Indonesia” has been carried out to rehabilitate the mildly and moderately wasted children in Nias. The concept promoted feeding intervention programs in the form of distribution of a locally produced therapeutic food and/or participatory nutrition education sessions.