Literature Review Template

Citation

Year of Study

Country (Rural, Urban, or mixed)

Objective

Study Population

Method(s) Used

Intervention

Key Findings

Social/

Behavioral Drivers

Outcome/ Impact

Limitations

Implications for Future

Programs

Example

Inayati DA,

Scherbaum V,

Ratna RC, … Bellows AC. Infant feeding practices among mildly wasted children: a retrospective study on Nias Island, Indonesia. International Breastfeeding Journal 2012 7:3. doi:10.

1186/1746-43587-3

2007-08

Indonesia

To investigate infant feeding practices

Mothers of children 6-60 months

Survey, FGDs, IDIs

N/A

52% initiated breastfeeding within 6 hours. 12% practiced EBF 6 months. 74% offered other liquids within 7 days. 79% of infants were given other foods before 6 months.

Inappropriate infant feeding practices strongly influenced by traditional beliefs of mothers and paternal grandmothers.

N/A

None cited

Need appropriate nutrition counseling training for

community workers and health nutrition officers. Encourage public nutrition education that promotes breastfeeding, taking into account socialcultural factors.