California provider and advocate perspectives about opportunities to optimize nutrition services and resources in the first 1000 days.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutrition in the first 1000 days of life, from conception to age 2 years, plays a critical role in shaping offspring's physical and mental development, yet many families from underserved backgrounds suffer from nutrition inequity during this important stage of development. The objective of this study is to assess nutrition services and resources provided to families during the first 1000 days across diverse settings in California.

Methods

A semistructured survey was disseminated to healthcare and educational providers who offer services to pregnant and/or postpartum women and children up to age 2 years. Perspectives about five domains of early-life nutrition services and resources were assessed: (1) accessibility, (2) mode of content delivery, (3) content of messa

SUBMITTER: Lindsay KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11741669 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature