TRUNG TÂM NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÁT TRIỂN CỘNG ĐỒNG
RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (RTCCD)
TRUNG TÂM NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÁT TRIỂN CỘNG ĐỒNG
RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (RTCCD)
Postpartum change in common mental disorders among rural Vietnamese women: incidence, recovery and risk and protective factors
Author : Trang Thu Nguyen, Thach Duc Tran, Tuan Tran, Buoi La, Hau Nguyen and Jane Fisher
Year : 2008
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Background In low- and middle-income countries little is known about changes in women’s mental health status from the perinatal period to 15 months postpartum or the factors associated with different trajectories. Aims To determine the incidence and rates of recovery from common mental disorders (CMD) among rural Vietnamese women and the risk and protective factors […]
Primary education in Vietnam: Extra classes and outcomes
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Extra classes are increasingly observed in both developed and developing countries. In Vietnam, a country where education reforms are at their height, extra classes are proliferating and have become a concern to society and the government. Although the government has banned extra classes that are independent of school administration, teachers often run home-based classes to supplement their income. This paper examines the extent and characteristics of extra classes among eight-year-old children, and examines the association between taking extra classes and learning outcomes (numeracy, reading, and writing skills).
NUTRITION AND LIVELIHOOD FOR THE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN BAC KAN (2013 – 2014)
Author : Research and Training Centre for Community Development, National Institute of Agricultural Planning and Projection
Year : 2015
Area : Micro-nutrient & Nutrition
Bac Kan is among the poorest provinces in Vietnam with 86.6% being of minority population, 60% of the populations are living under the poverty line; the malnutrition rate of children under 5 years old is at 25.4%. Project community is the poor community in Ba Be district which includes the habitat of Hmong, Dao and […]
Effect of an integrated child nutrition intervention on the complementary food intake of young children in rural north Vietnam
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Forty-two percent of Vietnamese children are stunted by two years of age. Since 1990, Save the Children Federation/US (SC) has implemented integrated nutrition programs targeting young children. WE evaluated the effect of SC’s nutrition program on the complementary food intake of young rural Vietnamese children Using a longitudinal, prospective, randomized design, we followed 238 children (119 each from intervention and comparison communes) age 5 to 25 months old for six months with a re-survey at 12 months. We gathered 24-hour recall data at baseline and at months 2, 4, 6, and 12. Dietary energy intake was calculated using the 1972 Vietnamese food composition table
