Nourish Plus Nature: Impacting the Double Child Development Burden in the First 1000 Days
Name of Award
GHR Innovative Scholarship
Date Awarded
Fall 10-19-2017
Department/School
Public Health
Project Description
Mary Hearst, Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Program Director for Master of Public Health & Associate Professor was awarded $15,000 by the GHR Innovative Scholarships to conduct a formative assessment to prepare a grant submission to optimize child development in Indonesia. Early childhood development is not a luxury but is critical to improving longer term child outcomes. Optimizing healthy development among children ages 0-5 is key for individual, family and community health and development. Key factors for optimal child development and life-long well-being include adequate nutrition and an environment that supports optimal development. Inadequate nutrition impedes physical growth, and early malnutrition can effect brain function, cognitive ability and behavior. The goal of the project is to improve ‘nutrition’ and ‘nurture’ among children ages 0-5 and their mothers in Indonesia. This long term project offers the opportunity to expand a well-designed and effective nutrition-oriented intervention in a LMIC and test the additive or multiplicative impact of the Care for Children Development Model.
Recommended Citation
Hearst, Mary O. Dr., "Nourish Plus Nature: Impacting the Double Child Development Burden in the First 1000 Days" (2017). Internal Grant Awards. 220.
https://sophia.stkate.edu/internal_awards/220