BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the effects of a mother-based intervention on duration of diarrhoea and pneumonia in communities that were trained and those not trained in community infant and young child feeding (cIYCF) in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. METHODS We evaluated communities with village health workers who rece...

This essay was originally published in the Poetry Project Newsletter #226, 18 Feb/Mar 2011).

This article examines the representation of women in advertisements used by Dolce & Gabbana, order to observe examples symbolic violence associated with women. The main objectives this study are: 1) deconstruct visual strategies Gabbana represent its newsletter; and 2) characterize types texts analysed. Data were collected from newsletter advertise their products through internet January De...

In a large-scale online experiment with U.S. Democrats, we examine how the demand for newsletter about an economic relief plan changes when content is fact-checked. We first document overall muted fact-checking features stories from ideologically aligned source, even though increases perceived accuracy of newsletter. The average impact masks substantial heterogeneity by ideology: reduces among ...

Although studies demonstrate that dietary interventions for healthy adults can result in beneficial dietary changes, few studies examine when and how people change in response to these interventions, particularly in rural populations. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of change over time in healthy eating behaviors in midlife and older women in response to a one-year health-prom...