Articles
A Volunteers View of SISN From Membership Working Group Volunteer, Laura S. Hackl
Voluntary contributions are the lifeblood of SISN and we actively encourage the involvement and participation of members in our activities to us help shape the future of implementation in nutrition. SISN’s Board itself is entirely voluntary. It consists of eleven global experts, who provide leadership, strategic guidance and support to advance the development of implementation […]
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- 20th September 2019
How do we build and move the science of implementation forward?
The American Society of Nutrition held its annual meeting, Nutrition 2019, in Baltimore on June 8-11. On day 3, SISN facilitated a workshop on Implementation Science (IS). During the session, SISN Board Members guided the seventy attendees through a series of activities with the purpose of enhancing understanding of what IS is, its purpose in […]
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- 22nd July 2019
Integration of Maternal Nutrition into Nepal’s Health Service Platforms: What’s Happening?
This article was first published in Nutrition Exchange South Asia: Maternal Nutrition and can be found here. Nutrition Exchange is a free publication that includes non-technical articles on nutrition policy and programming written by and for national and sub-national stakeholders working in nutrition and related sectors. Thanks to ENN and UNICEF ROSA for providing permission to share with our audience. […]
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- 15th July 2019
The Beginnings of The Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition
The Outset The Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition (SISN) began on a wintery, New York evening in February, 2014. Eva Monterrosa, formerly Sight and Life’s Senior Scientific Manager, and Klaus Kraemer, Director of Sight and Life, together with Jessica Johnston and Rolf Klemm, met at Jean-Pierre Habicht and Gretel H. Pelto’s home to discuss a presentation by […]
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- 19th March 2019
Take Action Now to Advocate for Nutrition
This post has been written by Bill O’Keefe interim Executive Vice President for Church Engagement and Vice President for Government Relations and Advocacy at Catholic Relief Services. Mr O’Keefe was a guest speaker in our webinar “How Can Advocacy Enhance Implementation Science in Nutrition?” on Friday, February 15th 2019. In which he spoke about his real-world […]
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- 11th February 2019
Top of the Blogs: A Look at SISN’s Most Popular Posts of 2018
As a member-based organization, SISN strives to produce engaging and valuable content. Below we highlight the top three most popular blogs published in 2018. Applying Ethical Principles Within Implementation Research by SISN volunteer, Shannon King, a MSPH candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health This blog describes the three ethical principles outlined […]
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- 21st January 2019
An interview with our President, Dr David Pelletier
As we prepare to transition to our second term with a new Board, we took a few minutes to sit down with our outgoing president, Dr David Pelletier to hear his reflections, perspectives and futures hopes for SISN. What motivated you to travel to Italy in February 2015 to help establish the new Society […]
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- 18th December 2018
Improving Access To and Use of Implementation Knowledge: The Knowledge for Implementation and Impact Initiative (KI3)
We are excited to be partnering with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the SUN Movement Secretariat on the Knowledge for Implementation and Impact Initiative (KI3). This blog is based on a brochure produced by the Project Team to provide background on the project and an update on progress. Download a PDF version […]
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- 22nd November 2018
Identifying an Efficient Approach to Scaling Up the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition by Community Health Workers
The following blog was written by Pilar Charle Cuellar, iCCM+Nutrition Coordinator Accion Contra el Hambre/ Action Against Hunger Spain On average, more than 70% of children worldwide with uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) are cured when treated with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) at outpatient health centres (Lenters LM et al 2013). However, less than 1 […]
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- 19th September 2018
The Nutrition Modeling Consortium: A Promising Initiative to Optimize Implementation
During the symposium “Scaling Up Evidence-based Nutrition Strategies: Using Modeling and Systems Thinking” at the American Society of Nutrition’s annual meeting, Nutrition 2018, on June 10th in Boston, SISN Board Member and Executive Director of Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science (SINS), Dr Gilles Bergeron gave an insightful presentation about the newly established Nutrition Modeling Consortium […]
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- 23rd July 2018