Chaturvedi Sarika, Raven Joanna, Patwardhan Bhushan
a Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences , Savitribai Phule Pune University , Pune , India.
b Department of International Public Health , Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine , Liverpool , UK.
Glob Health Action. 2017;10(1):1327255. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1327255.
Child under nutrition continues to be a challenge to global development, especially in resource-poor contexts. In the multifaceted attempts to address this challenge, popular traditional practices, although closely linked to infant health, remain neglected and less researched. The World Health Organization's recent strategy on traditional medicine systems provides overarching guidance in this regard. In this commentary, we attempt to exemplify this. We highlight the importance of traditional child care practices with regard to child nutrition and the need for trans-disciplinary research to explore the potential of these for public health. Infant oil massage appears to be a potentially beneficial practice for child nutrition. Rigorous trans-disciplinary research on traditional infant massage can provide simple solutions to address child under nutrition and nurture human capabilities globally.
儿童营养不良仍然是全球发展面临的一项挑战，在资源匮乏的环境中尤其如此。在应对这一挑战的多方面努力中，一些流行的传统做法尽管与婴儿健康密切相关，但仍然被忽视且研究较少。世界卫生组织最近关于传统医学体系的战略在这方面提供了总体指导。在这篇评论中，我们试图举例说明这一点。我们强调传统儿童护理做法对儿童营养的重要性，以及开展跨学科研究以探索其对公共卫生潜力的必要性。婴儿油按摩似乎是一种对儿童营养可能有益的做法。对传统婴儿按摩进行严格的跨学科研究可以提供简单的解决方案，以解决全球儿童营养不良问题并培养人类能力。
