STUDENT WORKSHEET
STUDENT No.
GROUP TOPIC: Malnutrition in Yemen
1. MEETINGS LOGS
| Log on date | Attendees | Activities | Themes Covered | Discussion | Considerations | Agreed Actions | Deadline |
| 10. 04.2019 | All the group members | Search of the literary articles from databases like PubMed in order to study about malnutrition in children or newborns | 1. Reasons of malnutrition in underdeveloped countries 2. The effect of malnutrition | The analysis of the literature published under the perspective of underdeveloped countries like Ghana and Somalia highlighted astonishing concepts about malnutrition. The literary papers highlighted that childhood malnutrition affects long-term and short-term health condition while hampering the economic well-being of the children. It also increases the rate of mortality and morbidity of the children by making them vulnerable towards developing several infectious disease and multi-organ failure. The main reason behind malnutrition in children is lack of nutritional diet and intake of minimum calorie to sustain life. This lack of diet is attributed to lack of proper health related knowledge and poverty in the under developed countries. | Specific consideration were taken to review only the peered review journals that are published within the last 5 years and have covered malnutrition and its consequences upon the perspective of the under developed nations in the world | 1. Searching data in favour of lack nutritional planning of the children or new born in Yemen 2. Assessment of the diet of the lactating mother in Yemen 3. Economic profile of the people in Yemen and their employment status | Deadline to search information specific for Yeme will be one week |
| 17.04.2019 | All the group members involved in the project | A group discussion based on the malnutrition status in Yemen among the group members based on the published news articles, government reports and literary papers | 1. Malnutrition status in Yemen 2. Unemployment and malnutrition in Yemen 3. Malnutrition in pregnant and lactating women | The group discussion one-sidedly highlighted that Yemen, is one of the poorest nation in the Middle East. It has witnessed a complete collapse of the healthcare system due to the ongoing conflicts. Nearly half of the population residing in Yemen suffers from food insecurity are homeless. They also suffer from lack of proper access of the healthcare. At least 2.2 million children in Yemen is malnourished and nearly 462,000 children in Yemen suffer from severe acute malnutrition. The data of the group discussion is well-supported by the information cited by UNICEF and WHO. In the domain of nutritional level of the lactating mother, the group discussion highlighted that majority of the families owns close of nothing. Lack of proper hygiene and nutritional intake, make them suffer from cholera and malnutrition leading to increase in the tendency of delivering malnourished and diseased children. | The malnutrition status of lactating mother or pregnant mother, the diet plan and weight of new born baby in Yemen and economic profiling of the activities done by the government in order to overcome malnutrition | Analysis population specific health reports of Yemen in the domain of childhood malnutrition and how the government is acting efficiently in order to overcome the threat of malnutrition in Yemen. | 1 week In this 7 days Yemen population specific health reports will be accessed along with review of the healthcare policies and health promotions in Yemen. Along with classification of differed levels of malnutrition in Yemen |
| 24.04.2019 | All the group members and the social workers or the members of the NGOs who are working for malnutrition prevention in Yemen | Analysis of the government policies and initiates to fight against malnutrition in Yemen | Children treated for severe acute malnutrition Children treated for moderate acute malnutrition Pregnant and lactating women treated for acute malnutrition Malnourished children receiving micronutrient supplements Lactating and pregnant mother and diet education | The discussion with the NGOs and with the other social workers who are working for Yemen highlighted that Yemen continues to face double burden of high acute and chronic malnutrition. WHO is providing life-saving treatment for the children who are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and other associated medical complications. WHO also supports lactating women with proper nutrition supplements in order to help them with feed their baby with proper breast milk. | Considerations must be taken in order to access different documentations of WHO and UNICEP and Government of Yemen in order to tally the data of successful mitigation of the malnourishment from acute and severe malnutrition | Separate nutritional assessment must be used for the lactating women and for new born child in order to improve the health status But further consideration must be taken in order to fight against malnutrition for children from different levels of malnutrition | 3 days dealines for analysing the diet plan used in Yemen and its outcome like study of MEM malnutrition porgram |
| 27.04.2019 | Group members | Analysis of the map of Yemen on the basis of the improvement in the status of malnutrition | Variance in the level of malnutrition | As per the MAM achievements, the degree of malnutrition in Yemen has decreased | The decrease in the level of malnutrition is highest among the pregnant or lactating women as more funding is given for funding against malnutrition for women | Getting a detailed perspective for funding for fighting against malnutrition and at the same time handing different approaches for reducing the severity of malnutrition | 1 week |
2. WEEKELY READINGS
| Learning Week | Reading/sources reviewed |
| 17 | UNICEF. 2017. UNICEF is supporting the Al Sabayeen hospital in Yemen’s capital city to treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.unicef.org/stories/yemen-conflict-and-poverty-exacerbate-child-malnutrition And Johnson, C., 2018. Massive malnutrition deaths among children in Yemen. Australian Medicine, 30(21), p.32. |
| 18 | World Health Organisation. 2018. Cholera and malnutrition in Yemen threatens millions. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.emro.who.int/yem/yemen-news/cholera-and-malnutrition-in-yemen-a-real-threat-to-millions-of-people.html |
| 19 | World Health Organisation. 2018.WHO scales up support to mitigate child malnutrition in Yemen. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.emro.who.int/yem/yemen-news/who-scales-up-support-to-mitigate-child-malnutrition-in-yemen.html |
| 20 | World Food Program Insgight. 2019. Malnutrition: Yemen’s race against time. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://insight.wfp.org/malnutrition-yemens-race-against-time-63aa1385010e |
| 21 | Aheto, J.M.K., Keegan, T.J., Taylor, B.M. and Diggle, P.J., 2015. Childhood Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Under‐Five Children in G hana. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, 29(6), pp.552-561. |
| 22 | Kinyoki, D.K., Berkley, J.A., Moloney, G.M., Kandala, N.B. and Noor, A.M., 2015. Predictors of the risk of malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years in Somalia. Public health nutrition, 18(17), pp.3125-3133. |
| 23 | BBC News. 2018. Yemen crisis: 85,000 children ‘dead from malnutrition’. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46261983 |
| 24 | Tull, K., 2018. Simplified Protocol to Treat Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Yemen. |
3. WEEKELY PROPOSAL WORKPLAN
| Week | Task/actions | Completion date, comments, and problems |
| 17 | Yemen specific data on malnutrition | 15.04.2019 The problem faced while completion of this task is lack of adequate information related to malnutrition that is specific to Yemen. Yemen government has no specific sites for highlighting the nutritional level of the their ne born and pregnant or lactating mother |
| 18 | Search of the effects and the reasons behind malnutrition in Yemen | 17.04.2019 The main reason behind the malnutrition in Yemen includes poor economic state of the country. The pictures showcasing the malnourished children mainly highlighted severe and acute malnutrition |
| 19 | Search of the health policies for fight against malnutrition in Yemen | 22.04.2019 There are no specific health policies taken by the government of Yemen in order to fight against the increased rate of malnutrition. The poor economic condition of Yemen is the reason behind this lack of policy planning. The initiatives are taken by the NGOs and organizations like UNICEF and WHO |
| 20 | Diet plan to combat malnutrition in Yemen | 26.04.2019 The NGOs, UNICEFs and WHO have separate diet plan for fighting against severe and acute malnutrition. Moreover they also follow separate diet plan women and new born child |
| 21 | Funding for fighting against malnutrition | 30.04.2019 Several NGOs and other organizations that are fighting against malnutrition in Yemen mainly issue highest funding for the lactating women and pregnant women in comparison to the baby girls and boys. Moreover the level of funding is low than that of the requirement. |
| 22 | Making a detailed poster showing the statistics of malnutrition in Yemen | 02.05.2019 The poster completion took time as there were numerous data that are required to be included |
4. WHO IS WHO
| Name of the Organisation | Bios | Role |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund: It works with 190 countries and other territories in order to protect the lives of children’s, to defend their rights, and to help them achieve their complete their potential, starting from early childhood through adolescence | The UK through its Department for International Development (DFID) is the key partner of UNICEF work in Yemen. It shares the common aim towards tackling poverty, disease, insecurity and conflict associated in the health related emergencies and at the same time helps to gain humanitarian response |
| NHS | National Health Service: It is a publicly funded national healthcare system in England. It is one of the four National Health Services for each constituent country of the United Kingdom | Provides effective treatment plan for fighting against malnutrition |
| Relief Web | Department of International development in UK | Relief web is new UK aid package that helps to screen, prevent and tackle malnutrition in Yemen. It screens nearly 2.2 million children who are under the age of five for malnutrition and provides proper treatment for 70,000 vulnerable children |
5. FACT SHEET
6. POTENTIAL JOURNALIST QUESTION
- Why government of Yemen is not doing anything to protect the health of their future generation?
- Are lack of employment or financial setup is the only reason behind malnutrition in Yemen? How is proper food supply chain in Yemen and health awareness in Yemen?
- Is the gestational age of the women can be another reason behind high malnutrition rate in Yemen’s children?
- Is there is lack of supply of processed food in Yemen?
- Do men in the family also suffers from malnutrition?
7. Transcript of Presentation (to be given by the student)
8. SLIDE PREPARED TO SUPPORT PRESENTATION (to be given by the student)
9. PEER REVIEW (can only be done once student share the response of other student)
10. REFLECTION
Based on feedback that I got from the lecturer and peers and other professionals who are present in the conference, I came into understanding that there must be a pause for at least a brief pause for 1 to 2 minutes before giving introductory speech of the conference. This understanding came from the feedback that I received. Later analysis of several interpersonal skills books and literary papers helped me in understanding speak out loud and confidents is not enough to make yourself look presentable and smart in front of the listeners. Arnold and Boggs (2019) stated that one need to speak or orate in a constant space. This space helps the listeners to understand the scope of the speech and its purpose. This further helps to increase the participation of the listeners in to the interactive session. Moreover, after completion of the primary introductory speech, giving a pause helps the listeners to get inside the feel of the oration. Speaking with a constant phase makes it monotonous for the listeners moreover, it might hamper the pronunciation of the words (Thompson, 2018).
The feedback that I received also highlighted that I failed to mention agencies or other NGOs who are working for malnutrition relief for Yemen’s population. Arnold and Boggs (2019) are of the opinion that a speech becomes creditable and enriched when proper citations of the sources like esteemed new papers, governmental organisations and literary articles help to refine the overall speech, making it more scientific and informative. It is an crucial point for press conferences over health-related topic.
During giving the speech, I forget few lines or
information and made me look clueless in-front of the audience. I found this
extremely embarrassing. Going forward I will design my speech with less
complicated vocabulary. It will help me to remember by speech and at the same
time will be easier for by audience to understand. Going forward I will also
train myself in effective communication skills. Effective communication skills
deal with both verbal and non-verbal vocabulary. This will help me to maintain
proper body language while speaking in front mass. Moreover, training in the
effective communication skills also help to maintain proper eye contact while
speaking (Thompson, 2018). This will help to interact with my audience
in a confident manner during the question and answer rounds. It will also help
me make them feel engaged in the press conference. I will also work on by
vocabulary skills as I feel my vocabulary is poor as per the feedbacks that I
have received.
References
Aheto, J.M.K., Keegan, T.J., Taylor, B.M. and Diggle, P.J., 2015. Childhood Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Under‐Five Children in G hana. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, 29(6), pp.552-561.
Arnold, E.C. and Boggs, K.U., 2019. Interpersonal Relationships E-Book: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses. Saunders.
BBC News. 2018. Yemen crisis: 85,000 children ‘dead from malnutrition’. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46261983
Kinyoki, D.K., Berkley, J.A., Moloney, G.M., Kandala, N.B. and Noor, A.M., 2015. Predictors of the risk of malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years in Somalia. Public health nutrition, 18(17), pp.3125-3133.
Reliefweb. 2018. New UK aid package to provide life-saving help to millions of Yemeni children at growing risk of famine. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/new-uk-aid-package-provide-life-saving-help-millions-yemeni-children-growing-risk
Thompson, N., 2018. Effective communication: a guide for the people professions. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Tull, K., 2018. Simplified Protocol to Treat Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Yemen.
UNICEF. 2017. UNICEF is supporting the Al Sabayeen hospital in Yemen’s capital city to treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.unicef.org/stories/yemen-conflict-and-poverty-exacerbate-child-malnutrition
World Food Program Insgight. 2019. Malnutrition: Yemen’s race against time. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: https://insight.wfp.org/malnutrition-yemens-race-against-time-63aa1385010e
World Health Organisation. 2018. Cholera and malnutrition in Yemen threatens millions. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.emro.who.int/yem/yemen-news/cholera-and-malnutrition-in-yemen-a-real-threat-to-millions-of-people.html
World Health Organisation. 2018.WHO scales up support to mitigate child malnutrition in Yemen. Access date: 10th May 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.emro.who.int/yem/yemen-news/who-scales-up-support-to-mitigate-child-malnutrition-in-yemen.html
