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Tina Sanghvi
Researcher at FHI 360
Publications - 46
Citations - 1448
Tina Sanghvi is an academic researcher from FHI 360. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1133 citations. Previous affiliations of Tina Sanghvi include AED & Johns Hopkins University.
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Maternal iron-folic acid supplementation programs: evidence of impact and implementation.
TL;DR: Iron–folic acid supplementation is an under-resourced, affordable intervention with substantial potential for contributing to Millennium Development Goal 5 (maternal mortality reduction) in countries where iron intakes among pregnant women are low and anemia prevalence is high.
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Combining Intensive Counseling by Frontline Workers with a Nationwide Mass Media Campaign Has Large Differential Impacts on Complementary Feeding Practices but Not on Child Growth: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation in Bangladesh
Purnima Menon,Phuong H. Nguyen,Kuntal K. Saha,Adiba Khaled,Tina Sanghvi,Jean Baker,Kaosar Afsana,Raisul Haque,Edward A. Frongillo,Marie T. Ruel,Rahul Rawat +10 more
TL;DR: The intensive program substantially improved CF practices compared with the nonintensive program and establishes proof of concept for large-scale behavior change interventions to improve child feeding.
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Impacts on Breastfeeding Practices of At-Scale Strategies That Combine Intensive Interpersonal Counseling, Mass Media, and Community Mobilization: Results of Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluations in Bangladesh and Viet Nam
Purnima Menon,Phuong H. Nguyen,Kuntal K. Saha,Adiba Khaled,Andrew Kennedy,Lan Mai Tran,Tina Sanghvi,Nemat Hajeebhoy,Jean Baker,Silvia Alayon,Kaosar Afsana,Raisul Haque,Edward A. Frongillo,Marie T. Ruel,Rahul Rawat +14 more
TL;DR: At-scale interventions combining intensive IPC with MM,CM, and PA had greater positive impacts on breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh and Viet Nam than standard counseling with less intensive MM, CM, andPA.
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Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh
Rukhsana Haider,Sabrina Rasheed,Tina Sanghvi,Nazmul Hassan,Helena Pachón,Sanjeeda Islam,Chowdhury S. B. Jalal +6 more
TL;DR: The findings showed that huge gaps continue to exist in breastfeeding behaviors, mostly due to lack of awareness as to why the recommended breastfeeding practices are beneficial, the risks of not practicing them, as well as how to practice them.
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Factors influencing maternal nutrition practices in a large scale maternal, newborn and child health program in Bangladesh.
Phuong H. Nguyen,Tina Sanghvi,Sunny S. Kim,Lan M. Tran,Kaosar Afsana,Zeba Mahmud,Bachera Aktar,Purnima Menon +7 more
TL;DR: This study shows that improving knowledge, self-efficacy and perceptions of social norms among pregnant women, and increasing husbands’ support, early registration in prenatal care, and provision of free supplements will largely improve maternal nutrition practices.