Greensboro, North Carolina, March 20, 2010
The 5th Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium sought to identify and analyze how public health approaches to breastfeeding might be informed by feminist insights.
Engaging men to increase support for optimal infant feeding in Western Kenya
IYCN presented a poster, authored by Stephanie Martin and Altrena Mukuria, IYCN, and Peter Maero, AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA) II Western Project, about a pilot activity that aimed to integrate infant and young child nutrition into current community-level male involvement activities. IYCN and the APHIA II Western Program conducted an infant feeding and gender workshop with men’s group leaders in Western Kenya in August 2009. Workshop participants were selected from APHIA II Western’s existing men’s groups that have been formed to provide an opportunity for men who are living with HIV to educate, encourage, and support each other. These men’s groups are unique in Kenya, where women traditionally form support groups, but men do not.
Download a handout: Engaging men to increase support for optimal infant feeding in Western Kenya.
Visit the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, UNC Greensboro to learn more about the conference.
Date: Mar 20, 2010 | Category: Events