Developing a community facilitator-led participatory learning and action women's group intervention to improve infant feeding, care and dental hygiene practices in South Asian infants: NEON programme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Nurture Early for Optimal Nutrition (NEON) study is a multiphase project that aims to optimize feeding, care and dental hygiene practices in South Asian children <2 years in East London, United Kingdom. The multiphase project uses a participatory learning and action (PLA) approach facilitated by a multilingual community facilitator. In this paper, we elaborate on the process and results of the Intervention Development Phase in the context of the wider NEON programme.

Methods

Qualitative community-based participatory intervention codevelopment and adaptation.

Setting

Community centres in East London and online (Zoom) meetings and workshops.

Participants

In total, 32 participants registered to participate in the Intervention Development Phase. Fo

SUBMITTER: Manikam L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9615055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature