Sharing of Information by Mothers and Household Heads With Their Social Network to Improve Complementary Feeding Behavior: A Qualitative Study in Nepal
Results: Outcomes revealed that teachers are interested in learning more about how health and nutrition can enhance the classroom curriculum.Teachers identified challenges for expanding their nutrition curriculum, including the children's age, time restrictions, health and nutrition knowledge gaps, and a range of children's comprehension levels.This information will inform the research team to develop activity guides and lesson plans that bridge knowledge gaps and interests.Conclusions: This exploration empowers teachers to enhance their nutrition curriculum, and for the research team to discover ways to synergize information for the classroom and parent cooking classes.This work emphasizes the importance of enhancing teacher nutrition education and improving teacher nutritional knowledge to promote children's health that helps them in making health and lifestyle choices as part of the family unit.
Authors
- Andrea Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-1101)
- Mohammad Masudur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8995-748X)
- Courtney M. Monroe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-9731)
- Nabin Bhakta Shakya
- Edward A. Frongillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8265-9815)
- Kenda Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-1349)
- Aman Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-296X)
- Shraddha Manandhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-9065)
Institutions
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Helen Keller International Nepal (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.106981
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00