Juan Rivera

Scaling up a National Training System to Address Nutrition Transition at Primary Care in Mexico

Wendy Gonzalez, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Armando García, Juan Rivera, Lynnette Neufeld, Alejandría Villa de la Vega, Laura Magaña & Cynthia Rosas · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Mexico, as many developing countries, is undergoing a nutrition transition characterized by the coexistence of undernutrition (stunting and micronutrient deficiencies) alongside obesity and chronic diseases. Training of health workers needs to build and reinforce the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21334

Scaling up an Integrated Strategy for Attention to Nutrition (EsIAN) to Prevent Stunting, Micronutrient Deficiency and Obesity in Mexico

Anabelle Bonvecchio, Armando García, Lynnette Neufeld, Juan Rivera, Wendy Gonzalez, Florence Theodore & Ana Lilia Lozada · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Describes the scaling-up process of the EsIAN to prevent stunting, micronutrient deficiency and obesity during the 1,000 days of life. Methods: A case study that used participant observation and document review as primary methods for data collection. Results: Lessons...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21335

An Integrated Strategy for Attention in Nutrition (EsIAN) Increases Physicians' and Nurses' Nutrition Knowledge and Perceptions in Mexico

Ana Cecilia Fernandez-Gaxiola, Armando Garcia-Guerra, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Amado D. Quezada-Sanchez, Amira Hernandez-Cabrera, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Ana Lilia Lozada & Juan Rivera · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess changes in physicians' and nurses nutrition knowledge and perceptions from EsIAN. EsIAN was developed to attend to the nutritional needs of Oportunidades beneficiary families. Oportunidades is the Mexican conditional cash transfer program. In Mexico, appropr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21141