A5057384381- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Health and Medical Studies
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
University Hospital Heidelberg
2016-2024
Public Health Institute
2023-2024
Heidelberg University
2017-2024
In West Africa, climate change aggravates subsistence farmers’ vulnerability to weather variability sustain their agricultural and nutritional requirements. For successful adaptation policies, in-depth understanding of perceptions about change, agriculture, strategies is essential. This qualitative study in rural Burkina Faso characterized knowledge through interviews. The enumerated the barriers, possibilities, strategies/practices, support sources farmers. There was awareness but limited...
Climate change (CC) constitutes one of the greatest threats to human health, and requires political awareness for effective efficient adaptation planning. This study identified perceptions climate health (CC&H) among relevant stakeholders, decision-makers, policymakers (SDPs) in Burkina Faso (BF) by determining their CC, related risks vulnerabilities, CC impacts on agriculture food security. We carried out 35 semi-structured, qualitative in-depth interviews with SDPs, representing...
Climate change has an increasing impact on food security and child nutrition, particularly among rural smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Their limited resources rainfall dependent farming practices make them sensitive to climate change-related effects. Data research linking yield, human health, nutrition are scarce but can provide a basis for adaptation risk management strategies. In support of studies undernutrition Burkina Faso, this study analyzed the potential remote...
Objective Historically, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has been instrumental to identifying malnutrition in children under 5 years living resource restricted settings. Less attention is directed at-risk, school-aged youth. Updated and validated pediatric age- gender-specific MUAC growth curves expand screening opportunities (2 months-18 years) including overweight/obesity. An innovative partnership was created integrate z -score measurement trainings screenings the Real Madrid...
Worldwide, 50 million children under five are acutely malnourished, while 16 amongst them suffer from severe wasting. Chronic malnutrition is more common and accounts for an estimated 159 children, meaning that approximately 23.8% of all worldwide stunted. The proportion stunted has decreased between 1990 (39.6%) 2014 (23.8%), but the progress been unequal. While Asia as a whole reduced stunting by half (-47.0%) 2014, there still 78 in South alone. Unlike Asia, African continent just one...
Populations living in rural sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) increasingly face negative climate change impacts on their nutrition and health status. For smallholder farming families, home gardens can serve as an adaptation strategy, by offsetting change-related harvest losses diversifying households' diets. The present study aimed to identify perceptions experiences among caregivers of children under five years local stakeholders working the fields agriculture or with regard gardening Siaya County,...
Abstract Background Climate change heavily affects child nutritional status in sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural and dietary diversification are promising tools to balance agricultural yield losses nutrient deficits crops. However, rigorous impact evaluation of such adaptation strategies is lacking. This project will determine the potential an integrated home gardening nutrition counseling program as one possible climate strategy improve health rural Burkina Faso Kenya. Methods Based on...
Globally, a fifth of the children continue to face chronic undernutrition with majority them situated in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). The rising numbers are attributed aggravating factors like limited nutrition knowledge, poor feeding practices, seasonal food insecurity, diseases. Interventions targeting behaviour change may reduce devastating situation LMICs.
West African countries, such as Burkina Faso are particularly vulnerable to an array of health impacts due climate change. Consequently, has drafted and implemented adaptation plans programmes, with varying levels success. This exploratory qualitative study examines the institutional barriers faced by policymakers in this process, system concern. We applied in-depth interviews policymakers, using framework analysis. identified implementing change programmes categorized according Framework...
Malnutrition is globally recognized as having one of the largest adverse effects on development nations. Unfortunately climate chance has potential to reverse recent reduction in malnutrition. The 2015 Lancet Planetary Health publication states"… median crop yields would decrease by 0–2% per decade for remainder century, a result change ... whereas demands crops are projected increase 14%". Decreased forecast 23% childhood stunting due Climate Change. This study aims investigate relationship...