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Strengthening policy research on infant and young child feeding: An imperative to support countries in scaling up impact on nutrition

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, June 2017
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (67th percentile)

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Title
Strengthening policy research on infant and young child feeding: An imperative to support countries in scaling up impact on nutrition
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BMC Public Health, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4335-3
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Purnima Menon, Anne Marie Thow

Abstract

Enabling policy environments for nutrition require require evidence to support best practice and engagement with political and policy contexts, as well as leadership, resourcing, advocacy, and technical support. However, research on nutrition policy contexts is limited. The papers in this special supplement on policy contexts for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in South Asia makes a valuable contribution to understanding the policy landscape and political dynamics in the region and the global literature. Studies included in this special supplement analyzed policy content and stakeholder influence on IYCF in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and assess the role of advocacy in addressing multiple elements of the policy environment. These analyses highlight opportunities to harmonize and manage the demands and interests of multiple actors while strengthening policy to strategically support optimal IYCF as the ultimate goal. They also provide robust examples of research on policy environments and policy change. Further investments in research on policy contexts for nutrition can help to understand and support continued progress towards improved actions for nutrition.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 87 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 20%
Researcher 12 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Lecturer 3 3%
Other 13 15%
Unknown 30 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 19 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 14%
Social Sciences 10 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Engineering 2 2%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 36 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2019.
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#3,760,126
of 22,981,247 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,150
of 14,969 outputs
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#67,803
of 317,529 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#83
of 255 outputs
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