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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Prevention of child wasting: Results of a child health & nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise
PLoS ONE, Volume 15, No. 2, Article e0228151, Year 2020
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Background An estimated 49.5 million children under five years of age are wasted. There is a lack of robust studies on effective interventions to prevent wasting. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritise the main outstanding research questions in relation to wasting prevention to inform future research agendas. Method A research prioritisation exercise was conducted following the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method. Identified research gaps were compiled from multiple sources, categorised into themes and streamlined into forty research questions by an expert group. A survey was then widely circulated to assess research questions according to four criteria. An overall research priority score was calculated to rank questions. Findings The prioritised questions have a strong focus on interventions. The importance of the early stages of life in determining later experiences of wasting was highlighted. Other important themes included the identification of at-risk infants and young children early in the progression of wasting and the roles of existing interventions and the health system in prevention. Discussion These results indicate consensus to support more research on the pathways to wasting encompassing the in-utero environment, on the early period of infancy and on the process of wasting and its early identification. They also reinforce how little is known about impactful interventions for the prevention of wasting. Conclusion This exercise provides a five-year investment case for research that could most effectively improve on-the-ground programmes to prevent child wasting and inform supportive policy change. © 2020 Frison et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Frison, Séverine
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Angood, Chloe
Unknown Affiliation
Khara, Tanya N.
Unknown Affiliation
Bahwere, Paluku
United Kingdom, Oxford
Valid International
Black, Robert E.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Briend, André
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Fenn, Bridget
Unknown Affiliation
Isanaka, Sheila
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
France, Paris
Epicentre
James, Philip T.
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kerac, Marko
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mayberry, Amy
United Kingdom, London
Action Against Hunger uk
Myatt, Mark A.
United Kingdom, Llwyngwril Gwynedd
Brixton Health
Dolan, Carmel
Unknown Affiliation
Yakowenko, Ellyn
Unknown Affiliation
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Unknown Affiliation
DePee, Saskia
Unknown Affiliation
Hall, Andrew J.
Unknown Affiliation
Bailey, Jeanette
Unknown Affiliation
Smith, Emily Rose
Unknown Affiliation
Young, Helen
Unknown Affiliation
Abla, Caroline
Unknown Affiliation
Achen, Jasinta
Unknown Affiliation
Amadotor, Bernice
Unknown Affiliation
Aneja, Satinder
Unknown Affiliation
Askari, Sufia
Unknown Affiliation
Becquey, Elodie
Unknown Affiliation
Berkley, James Alexander
Unknown Affiliation
Bhandari, Nita R.
Unknown Affiliation
Cichon, Bernardette
Unknown Affiliation
Deconinck, Hedwig
Unknown Affiliation
Dent, Nicky
Unknown Affiliation
Escruela, Montse
Unknown Affiliation
Flaherman, Valerie J.
Unknown Affiliation
Gallagher, Maureen
Unknown Affiliation
Kapoor, Seema
Unknown Affiliation
Lelijveld, Natasha
Unknown Affiliation
Manary, Mark J.
Unknown Affiliation
Manji, Karim Premji
Unknown Affiliation
McGrath, Marie
Unknown Affiliation
Mohamed, Warsame Said
Unknown Affiliation
Mokori, Alex Sentle
Unknown Affiliation
Moloney, Grainne Mairead
Unknown Affiliation
Mukabutera, Assumpta
Unknown Affiliation
Obeng-Amoako, Gloria Odei
Unknown Affiliation
Phelan, Kevin P.Q.
Unknown Affiliation
Poluru, Ramesh
Unknown Affiliation
Reinsma, Kate R.
Unknown Affiliation
Rutishauser-Perera, Alexandra
Unknown Affiliation
Salpéteur, Cécile
Unknown Affiliation
Seal, Andrew J.
Unknown Affiliation
Situma, Ruth
Unknown Affiliation
Strand, Tor A.
Unknown Affiliation
Talbert, Alison W.A.
Unknown Affiliation
Tesfai, Casie
Unknown Affiliation
Trehan, Indi
Unknown Affiliation
van der Kam, Saskia
Unknown Affiliation
Wamani, Henry
Unknown Affiliation
Prinzo, Zita Weise
Unknown Affiliation
Whitney, Sophie
Unknown Affiliation
Wilkinson, Caroline
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 60
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0228151
ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative