Lydia Clemmons

Love, Laughter and Leafy Green Vegetables: Communicating about Gender Roles and Iron Rich Foods for Improved Maternal and Child Nutrition through Social and Behavior Communication Strategies for Health and Agriculture Programs in Tanzania and Ethiopia

Lydia Clemmons & Klaus Kraemer · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Our objective is to increase intake of intake of iron-rich foods (IRFs) among women of reproductive age and children under five, and enhance pro-nutrition gender roles, through evidence-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials and interventions ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21034

Household Agriculture-Nutrition Do-able Actions to Reduce Maternal Anemia: The HANDS Framework for Social and Behavior Change Communication Interventions in Integrated Nutrition Programming

Lydia Clemmons · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Our objective is to increase pregnant and lactating women's access to iron-rich foods through effective agriculture-nutrition social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programming at household and smallholder farm level.  Methods: Formative research and a compre...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21036

The SUNFLOWER Creative Concept: Promoting Increased Iron Intake during the First 1000 Days through Social and Behavior Communication in Integrated Nutrition Programming in Tanzania and Ethiopia

Lydia Clemmons · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Our objective was to design and implement evidence-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) interventions to increase iron intake by women and children during the first 1000 days of maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) through agriculture, h...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21166

Expanding the Response to Maternal Anemia: Bringing in the Agriculture Sector

Lydia Clemmons, Marcia Griffiths & Tom Schaetzel · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Maternal anemia remains an important public health problem contributing to maternal mortality and constraining women's ability to reach their productive potential. Consumption of iron-rich foods, taking the minimum 90+ IFA tablets required, and other behaviors related...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21324