Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design

Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of counselling interventions are rarely available. As a result, little is known about the coverage of counselling on infant and young...

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Autores principales: Choufani, Jowel, Kim, Sunny S., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Heidkamp, Rebecca A., Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M., Saha, Kuntal K., Hayashi, Chika, Mehra, Vrinda, Alayon, Silvia, Menon, Purnima
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Publicado: John Wiley & Sons 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142796
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author Choufani, Jowel
Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Heidkamp, Rebecca A.
Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
Saha, Kuntal K.
Hayashi, Chika
Mehra, Vrinda
Alayon, Silvia
Menon, Purnima
author_browse Alayon, Silvia
Choufani, Jowel
Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
Hayashi, Chika
Heidkamp, Rebecca A.
Kim, Sunny S.
Mehra, Vrinda
Menon, Purnima
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Saha, Kuntal K.
author_facet Choufani, Jowel
Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Heidkamp, Rebecca A.
Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
Saha, Kuntal K.
Hayashi, Chika
Mehra, Vrinda
Alayon, Silvia
Menon, Purnima
author_sort Choufani, Jowel
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description Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of counselling interventions are rarely available. As a result, little is known about the coverage of counselling on infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Survey‐based data collection systems generally collect data on IYCF practices but do not collect data on coverage of interventions to support IYCF, and those surveys that do collect this information do not do so consistently. We present a framework to guide the design of survey questions to measure IYCF counselling coverage. We provide examples of how large‐scale surveys for programme evaluation and national monitoring have included survey questions to address these data gaps. Our review suggests that elements relevant to designing survey questions to capture coverage of counselling interventions include timing of contact, target behaviour and message content, place of contact, type of service provider, frequency of contact and mode of intervention. Application of this framework may help strengthen harmonized measurement of IYCF counselling coverage to enable better tracking of programme investments, document progress in scaling up nutrition services and allow for cross‐country comparisons. Thus, improving measurement of counselling coverage may lead to improved reach of programmes to support optimal IYCF practices.
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spelling CGSpace1427962025-04-03T21:29:26Z Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design Choufani, Jowel Kim, Sunny S. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Heidkamp, Rebecca A. Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M. Saha, Kuntal K. Hayashi, Chika Mehra, Vrinda Alayon, Silvia Menon, Purnima infants data child nutrition therapy surveys nutrition infant feeding child feeding children breastfeeding nutritional requirements Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of counselling interventions are rarely available. As a result, little is known about the coverage of counselling on infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Survey‐based data collection systems generally collect data on IYCF practices but do not collect data on coverage of interventions to support IYCF, and those surveys that do collect this information do not do so consistently. We present a framework to guide the design of survey questions to measure IYCF counselling coverage. We provide examples of how large‐scale surveys for programme evaluation and national monitoring have included survey questions to address these data gaps. Our review suggests that elements relevant to designing survey questions to capture coverage of counselling interventions include timing of contact, target behaviour and message content, place of contact, type of service provider, frequency of contact and mode of intervention. Application of this framework may help strengthen harmonized measurement of IYCF counselling coverage to enable better tracking of programme investments, document progress in scaling up nutrition services and allow for cross‐country comparisons. Thus, improving measurement of counselling coverage may lead to improved reach of programmes to support optimal IYCF practices. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:11:05Z 2024-05-22T12:11:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142796 en Open Access John Wiley & Sons Choufani, Jowel; Kim, Sunny S.; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Heidkamp, Rebecca A.; Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.; Saha, Kuntal K.; Hayashi, Chika; Mehra, Vrinda; Alayon, Silvia; and Menon, Purnima. 2020. Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design. Maternal and Child Nutrition 16(4): e13001. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001
spellingShingle infants
data
child nutrition
therapy
surveys
nutrition
infant feeding
child feeding
children
breastfeeding
nutritional requirements
Choufani, Jowel
Kim, Sunny S.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Heidkamp, Rebecca A.
Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
Saha, Kuntal K.
Hayashi, Chika
Mehra, Vrinda
Alayon, Silvia
Menon, Purnima
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title_full Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title_fullStr Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title_full_unstemmed Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title_short Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
title_sort measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions a framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
topic infants
data
child nutrition
therapy
surveys
nutrition
infant feeding
child feeding
children
breastfeeding
nutritional requirements
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142796
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