Marie T. Ruel's Books

To thrive, young children need more than food. It is now widely recognized that they also require a healthy and sanitary environment and adequate care and feeding practices. As governments and NGOs initiate programs to ensure child survival, health, and development, the need for simple methods and indicators to measure the effectiveness of these programs grows. With a strong focus on methodology, this food policy review describes measurement approaches, problems, and solutions and offers practical suggestions for monitoring and evaluating child nutrition programs.

Throughout the developing world, poor people subsist on diets consisting of staple foods such as rice or maize and little else.The lack of diversity in the foods they eat often leads to micronutrient deficiencies. Almost one-third of the children in devel

The Hogares Comunitarios Program was launched as a pilot project in Guatemala City in 1991 in response to the need for alternative childcare in a rapidly urbanizing environment. By providing working parents with lowcost, quality childcare within their communities, the program seeks to improve young children's diets, nutrition, and development, while enabling poor parents to engage in income-generating activities. Similar programs have been used throughout Latin America, but few have been carefully assessed. This report evaluates the program's implementation, its service delivery and quality, and its impact on beneficiary children and their families.

Book's by Marie T. Ruel

Measuring Childcare Practices

Measuring Childcare Practices

Can Food-based Strategies Help Reduce Vitamin A and Iron Deficiencies?

Can Food-based Strategies Help Reduce Vitamin A and Iron Deficiencies?

The Guatemala Community Day Care Program

The Guatemala Community Day Care Program

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