Maternal Nutrition Training: Integrating Assessment, Counselling, and Support

Maternal nutrition training session aims to educate health providers on the importance of maternal nutrition, causes and consequences of malnutrition, and strategies to break the malnutrition cycle. The training covers topics like defining maternal nutrition, understanding its significance throughout reproductive stages, and discussing interventions. Participants engage in group activities to brainstorm and propose solutions to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition focusing on various vulnerable groups. The session emphasizes the crucial role of nutrition assessment, counselling, and support in promoting the health of women and their babies.

• Maternal Nutrition
• Health Providers
• Malnutrition
• Training
• Intervention

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1. Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery Training Course for Facility-Based Health Providers Session 2.1 Maternal Nutrition

2. Session Objectives By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of maternal nutrition 2. Explain the causes and consequences of maternal malnutrition 3. Discuss interventions and strategies to break the maternal malnutrition cycle Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 2

3. Maternal Nutrition Group Brainstorm: What does maternal nutrition refer to? In pairs, discuss: Why is maternal nutrition important? Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 3

4. Maternal Nutrition: Definition and Importance Maternal nutrition refers to a woman s consumption and utilization of food during any stage of her reproductive life. A woman s nutritional status (before, during) pregnancy/lactation influences the baby s and her own health. Extra demand for energy and other nutrients (pregnancy, lactation) increases the risk of malnutrition and mortality. Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 4

5. Summary of Causes Linked to Consequences 5

6. Womens Nutritional Status Source: UBOS 2012 Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 6

7. Intergenerational Cycle of Malnutrition Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 7

8. Group Work Break into four groups based on the points in the malnutrition cycle: Low-birth-weight baby Malnourished girl child Malnourished adolescent Small and/or malnourished woman Discuss strategies to break the malnutrition cycle at each point Present in plenary Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 8

9. Breaking the Maternal Malnutrition Cycle Key interventions at all stages: Nutrition assessment Counselling Optimal IYCF, promote healthy diet, hygiene practices, family planning, and disease/infection prevention Support Provide micronutrient supplementation Deworming Treat severe anaemia, malaria, infections Provide referral for management of MAM and SAM, as needed HIV positive, provide Cotrimoxazole and ARVs Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 9

10. Breaking the Cycle: Aim per Critical Stage Critical stage Purpose of target interventions Adolescent girl/woman of reproductive age Prevent adolescent girl or woman of reproductive age from becoming malnourished. Pregnant woman Prevent or manage malnutrition in the pregnant woman and prevent low birth weight. Lactating woman/newborn baby Promote healthy growth of baby and prevent baby from becoming a malnourished child. Low-birth-weight baby Promote healthy growth of baby and prevent baby from becoming a malnourished child. Child Prevent child from becoming a malnourished adolescent. Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 10

11. Thank you! Questions, additions, and clarifications? Integrating Nutrition Assessment, Counselling, and Support into Health Service Delivery 11