? After Steining arrived in Vietnam, he faced the following situation:
1, with few entourage, it is impossible to carry out extensive investigation and research.
2. The local government is not enthusiastic and can't provide effective help.
3. Limited funds, limited time (within six months) and limited resources.
? For this task, Steining read a lot of information. The research report generally believes that child malnutrition is the result of a series of problems: poor sanitary conditions, poor living conditions, lack of clean drinking water, and rural residents' lack of attention to supplementary nutrition.
? These analyses are all correct and useless nonsense. If poverty is eliminated, drinking water is purified and a health system is established first, then the problem of malnutrition will be solved in the foreseeable future.
? Stenning decided to find a solution from the existing conditions. He went deep into the countryside to investigate the situation in various areas, divided all the mothers into several groups, measured the height and weight of each child in each village, and then summarized the data according to the groups.
? It is found in the data that the health indicators of children in some poor families are normal. What special measures do they have? What did they do right?
? After investigation, we found that there are several very effective methods:
? 1. Give children less and more meals, four times a day instead of twice.
? 2, take the initiative to feed, feed without eating.
? 3. There are many kinds of food. Small fish, shrimp and sweet potato leaves are added to the rice. ,
? 4. Wash your hands before and after meals and pay attention to hygiene.
? These practices are simple and do not require additional investment.
? After this method was popularized, it immediately achieved remarkable results. ? Six months after Stenning arrived in a village in Vietnam, 65% of the local children's nutritional problems have been improved and have been maintained.
? The inspiration of this story is that many problems are difficult from the front and there is nowhere to start. Maybe we can find a solution by changing our thinking and angle.