Gabriela Hondru

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Experiență în voluntariat

  • Element grafic International Medical Cooperation Committee - IMCC

    Volunteer for IMCC Cambodia

    International Medical Cooperation Committee - IMCC

    - 2 ani 1 lună

    Health

    I was part of establishing the project group and becoming part of student association, IMCC. As project manager, I helped raising funds by having 3 successful grant applications, conducted 2 field visit for partner identification and partnership development n Cambodia, and supported the administration of the funds and project. I learned and gained capacity in project management, including planning, implementation and reporting, organizing workshops and establishing partnerships.

  • Element grafic Blå Kors

    Social Worker at Cafe "Grace", Copenhagen

    Blå Kors

    - 1 an 7 luni

    Social Services

    The Copenhagen-based social cafe for homeless people, Cafe Grace, offers shelter during winter, organize events, and gives away morning breakfast everyday of the year. As a volunteer, I assisted in organizing, preparing and supervising the morning cafe. Furthermore, we tried to help helped the internationals to access essential services in Denmark and find their way though a foreign country.

  • Volunteer Social Worker

    School for children with special needs Number10, Bucharest, Romania

    - 1 an 6 luni

    Social Services

    In the aim to help children with development issues to improve social interactions and to integrate in the society, we, as volunteers, helped to organize and participated at different social activities and games. This improved their focus through an active and participatory approach, and supported children to share struggles and concerns in a safe environment.

Publicații

  • Age-Appropriate Feeding Practices in Cambodia and the Possible Influence on the Growth of the Children: A Longitudinal Study.

    Nutrients

    Age-appropriate feeding practice (ADF) during early childhood are vital for optimal nutrition. This longitudinal study determined the effect of selected risk factors and ADF, as described by the National Nutritional Recommendations, on linear and ponderal growth of children below 24 months of age. Weight and length measures were used to calculate z-scores of anthropometric measures by WHO standards. The prevalence of stunting increased from 13.2% to 32.4% over time, while prevalence of wasting…

    Age-appropriate feeding practice (ADF) during early childhood are vital for optimal nutrition. This longitudinal study determined the effect of selected risk factors and ADF, as described by the National Nutritional Recommendations, on linear and ponderal growth of children below 24 months of age. Weight and length measures were used to calculate z-scores of anthropometric measures by WHO standards. The prevalence of stunting increased from 13.2% to 32.4% over time, while prevalence of wasting remained stable (14.5%). At first visit, 43% of children of all ages complied with ADF criteria, a proportion which decreased to 7.1% in follow-up. The quality of feeding practices for children above 12 months of age was the poorest, where at the last visit, only 6% complied with the criteria for ADF. The linear mixed-effect models found the association between ADF and ponderal growth to be significant (weight-for-height estimate: 0.05 SD). In Cambodia, Ratanakiri province, ADF was the second largest determinant for ponderal growth. We recommend province specific public health actions. For children above 6 months, the quantity of food given needs to be increased, followed by the meal frequency. Mothers’ educational level, improved sanitation, and drinking water quality were among strongest predictors of a child’s growth

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  • Stunting Malnutrition Associated with Severe Tooth Decay in Cambodian Toddlers.

    Nutrients

    Background: The persistently high prevalence of undernutrition in Cambodia, in particular stunting or chronic malnutrition, calls for innovative investigation into the risk factors that affect children’s growth during critical phases of development. Methods: Secondary data analysis was performed on a subgroup of children who were present at two time points within the Cambodian Health and Nutrition Monitoring Study (CAHENMS) and who were less than 24 months of age at the nominated baseline. Data…

    Background: The persistently high prevalence of undernutrition in Cambodia, in particular stunting or chronic malnutrition, calls for innovative investigation into the risk factors that affect children’s growth during critical phases of development. Methods: Secondary data analysis was performed on a subgroup of children who were present at two time points within the Cambodian Health and Nutrition Monitoring Study (CAHENMS) and who were less than 24 months of age at the nominated baseline. Data consisted of parent interviews on sociodemographic characteristics and feeding practices, and clinical measures for anthropometric measures and dental status. Logistic regression modelling was used to examine the associations between severe dental caries (tooth decay)—as indicated by the Significant Caries Index—and the presence of new cases of stunting malnutrition at follow-up. Results: There were 1595 children who met the inclusion criteria and 1307 (81.9%) were followed after one year. At baseline, 14.4% of the children had severe dental caries, 25.6% presented with stunted growth. 17.6% of the children transitioned from healthy status to a low height-for-age over the observation period. Children with severe dental caries had nearly double the risk (OR = 1.8; CI 1.0–3.0) of making that transition. Conclusion: Severe caries experience was associated with poorer childhood growth and, as such, could be an underinvestigated contributor to stunting.

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  • The Interaction between Morbidity and Nutritional Status among Children under Five Years Old in Cambodia: A Longitudinal Study.

    Nutrients

    Even though limited evidence is available, the relationship between morbidity and under-nutrition among children under-five is likely to be a strong two-way association. This study aims to explore this vicious cycle by employing longitudinal data of four periods within a 24 month follow-up, whereby morbidity was captured between two subsequent anthropometric measures. Malnutrition was classified according to z-scores of anthropometric measures and morbidity by number of sick days experienced in…

    Even though limited evidence is available, the relationship between morbidity and under-nutrition among children under-five is likely to be a strong two-way association. This study aims to explore this vicious cycle by employing longitudinal data of four periods within a 24 month follow-up, whereby morbidity was captured between two subsequent anthropometric measures. Malnutrition was classified according to z-scores of anthropometric measures and morbidity by number of sick days experienced in between. Mixed-effects models were used to assess this relation, where dependency of morbidity and nutritional status were interchanged; models were adjusted for province, age, gender, wealth index score, maternal education level, diet, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene indicators. Stunting and wasting prevalence were 29.9% and 8.9%, respectively, where 21.3% of the children had multiple anthropometric failures. Children identified as wasted were 35% more likely to experience prolonged illness periods (OR: 1.35, 95% CI: 1.02–1.56). Those experiencing high proportion of sick days were found to be 64% more likely to become stunted (OR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.18–2.29). This study suggests that the link between wasting and stunting could be partly explained by acute illness, where wasting increases the likelihood of prolonged episodes of illness, which increases the risk of stunting.

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  • A whole decade of action for nutrition, where are we now?

    UN Special magazine

    The article going though the key successes in the past decade and remaining challenges in child nutrition.

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  • Menu labelling in eating-out environments; new perspectives and influence on energy selected, ordered, and consumed—An update of the evidence published between 2014 and 2016

    Danish Cancer Society report

    Menu labelling is a public health nutrition strategy whose purpose is
    to contribute to the fight against the obesity epidemic through the disclosure of the energy content
    of products at points-of-sale. The increasing number of meals consumed out of home, and the fact
    that consumers clearly underestimate the number of calories consumed in restaurants are some of
    the reasons for advocating the implementation of menu labelling.
    The aim of this literature review is to provide an…

    Menu labelling is a public health nutrition strategy whose purpose is
    to contribute to the fight against the obesity epidemic through the disclosure of the energy content
    of products at points-of-sale. The increasing number of meals consumed out of home, and the fact
    that consumers clearly underestimate the number of calories consumed in restaurants are some of
    the reasons for advocating the implementation of menu labelling.
    The aim of this literature review is to provide an update of the most recent evidence of menu
    labelling’s effectiveness on the energy selected, ordered, and consumed at eating-out
    environments. The review supports the display of energic caloric to to help customers order and consume fewer calories when eating out of home, and its potential to help avert weight gain.

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  • Linear programming to build food-based dietary guidelines: Romanian food baskets (2016)

    World Health Organization

    Any WHO European Member States have high and increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly among children and adolescents. Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Innovative approaches are needed to help develop a healthy diet which prevents NCDs and promotes health. Too high prices for fresh foods, rich in micronutrients and low in energy, are often considered as a barrier to eating a healthy diet. Linear programming methodology…

    Any WHO European Member States have high and increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly among children and adolescents. Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Innovative approaches are needed to help develop a healthy diet which prevents NCDs and promotes health. Too high prices for fresh foods, rich in micronutrients and low in energy, are often considered as a barrier to eating a healthy diet. Linear programming methodology can facilitate the development of national healthy food basket recommendations that meet both recommended nutrient intake values and WHO guidance in a cost-efficient manner. This novel approach is applied within the context of food availability in Romania in 2014. How best to implement these food basket recommendations at population and individual level still has to be investigated.

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Cursuri

  • Advocacy Workshop: UNFPA campaign to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health in low-income countries.

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  • Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation

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  • Nutrition in Emergency

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  • Survey and data vizualization training (ONA and CANOPY)

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