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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(4):203-207; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.4.203
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
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Maternal-Child Supplementary Feeding Programmes in Haiti

Jeannine Coreil, PhD

Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas 77550, USA

In a study of privately sponsored supplementary feeding programmes for mothers and children in Haiti the activities of 39 centres selected randomly out of 519 were evaluated. Most of the beneficiaries were children, with only 18 centres providing supplements to pregnant women and seven to lactating women. Post-partum supplementation served primarily as an incentive for family planning. More than half the centres selected children on the basis of nutritional status. Five took the family's economic status into account. The remainder applied no selection criteria. Mothers' incentives for enrolling their children were not entirely consistent with programme objectives. They were more interested in acquiring food and needle craft skills than in learning about nutrition.


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