Key outputs

Theory

• Inaugural lecture "I spy with my little eye...", by Hinke Haisma 28 October 2022
• Haisma H, Yousefzadeh S, Boele P. (2018). Towards a Capability Approach to Child Growth: A theoretical framework. Maternal and Child Nutrition e12534.
• Yousefzadeh S, Biggeri M, Arciprete C, Haisma H. A Capability Approach to Child Growth. Child Indicators Research, 12 (2), 711-731.
• Qualitative research/ ethnography - Tanzania, Bangladesh, Netherlands
• Chakraborty B, Darak S and Haisma H. 2024. Operationalising the capability approach for healthy child growth via a participatory method: an illustrative case in haor areas of Bangladesh. Human Development and Capabilities 2024; 25(2) 257-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2024.2330885
• Mchome Z, Bailey A, Darak S, Kessy F, Haisma H. "He usually has what we call normal fevers": Cultural perspectives on healthy child growth in rural Southeastern Tanzania: An ethnographic enquiry. PLoS ONE, 14 (9).
• Mchome ZS, Bailey A, Darak S, Haisma H. A child may be tall but also stunted. Conceptualisations of and meanings attached to childhood height and short stature in rural Tanzania. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• Mchome Zaina, Yousefzadeh Sepideh, Bailey Ajay, Haisma Hinke. (2020) “When I breastfeed, it feels as if my soul leaves the body”: Maternal capabilities for healthy child growth in rural Southeastern Tanzania. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 17(17), 6215.
• Chakraborty, B.; Darak, S.; Haisma, H. (2020) Maternal and Child Survival in Haor Region in Bangladesh. An Analysis of Fathers’ Capabilities to Save the Future. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17(16), 5781.
• Mchome Zaina, Bailey Ajay, Kessy Flora, Darak Shrinivas, Haisma Hinke (2020). Postpartum sex taboos and child growth in Tanzania: implications for child care. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• Chakraborty Barnali, Yousefzadeh Sepideh, Darak Shrinivas, and Haisma Hinke (2020). "We struggle with the earth everyday": parents' perspectives on the capabilities for healthy child growth in haor region of Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 20: 140.
• Visser Sanne and Haisma Hinke. (2021). Fulfilling food practices: Applying the capability approach to ethnographic research in the Northern Netherlands. Social Science & Medicine

Constructing the index - Young Lives Survey

• Gonzales Martinez, R., Wells, J., Anand, P., Pelto, G. Dhansay, M.A., Haisma, H. Community participation and multi-dimensional child growth: evidence from the Vietnam Young Lives Study. Current developments in nutrition Mar 17;6(4).
• Gonzales Martinez, R., Haisma, H. (2024). MICG-AI: A multidimensional index of child growth based on digital phenotyping with Bayesian artificial intelligence. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.14720.

Implications for policy and practice

• Haisma Hinke, Pelto Gretel, Venkatapuram Sridhar, Yousefzadeh Sepideh, Kramer Lybrich, members of the Working Group "Towards a multi-dimensional index of child growth". (2020) Towards a multi-dimensional index of child growth to combat the double burden of malnutrition. Annals Nutrition Metabolism;75:123–126.
• Van Zadelhoff, S., Haisma, H. How is context addressed in growth monitoring? A comparison of the Tanzanian, Indian and Dutch manuals. Current developments in Nutrition Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Apr; 6(4)

Links

• IUNS Task Force "Towards a multidimensional index for child growth"

Interviews

• "Growing is so much more than height and weight" (2021) an interview by NWO/WOTRO with Hinke Haisma