A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility

Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. In Ethiopia, A&T integr...

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description Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. In Ethiopia, A&T integrated a package of maternal nutrition interventions into existing antenatal care (ANC) services delivered through government health facilities (counselling on diet quality during pregnancy, distribution and promotion of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, weight gain monitoring, counselling on early breastfeeding practices, and systems strengthening through training and supportive supervision) and community platforms (home visits, Pregnant Women Conferences/Mother Support groups, and community gatherings) that align with the latest global evidence. This dataset is part of a survey that was conducted to gather baseline data for the impact evaluation of the interventions. The overall study objective was to determine the feasibility of integrating locally relevant maternal nutrition interventions into existing ANC services and determine the impact on diet quality and utilization of nutrition interventions during pregnancy. Research questions include: 1) What is the program impact on maternal practices: (1) consumption of diversified foods during pregnancy; (2) consumption of IFA supplements during pregnancy; and (3) early breastfeeding practices? 2) Can the coverage and utilization of key maternal nutrition interventions during ANC be improved through system strengthening approaches? 3) What factors influenced the integration and strengthening of maternal nutrition interventions into the government ANC service delivery platform? The evaluation used a two-arm cluster-randomized, non-masked trial design, consisting of two cross-sectional surveys at baseline and endline. The unit of randomization is the health center and associated health posts in the catchment area. The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2019 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. The baseline survey included the following: 1) Pregnant women questionnaire, 2) Recently delivered women questionnaire, 3) Health Extension Worker (HEW) questionnaire, 4), Nurse-midwife questionnaire, and 5) Health facility observation checklist. The health facility observation checklists were conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on condition of the facility infrastructure, service readiness, services provided by the facility, human resources, and ANC monitoring system.
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spelling CGSpace1449352025-01-28T07:08:05Z A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility International Food Policy Research Institute health nutrition education nutrition child feeding infant feeding developing countries health services breastfeeding communication Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. In Ethiopia, A&T integrated a package of maternal nutrition interventions into existing antenatal care (ANC) services delivered through government health facilities (counselling on diet quality during pregnancy, distribution and promotion of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, weight gain monitoring, counselling on early breastfeeding practices, and systems strengthening through training and supportive supervision) and community platforms (home visits, Pregnant Women Conferences/Mother Support groups, and community gatherings) that align with the latest global evidence. This dataset is part of a survey that was conducted to gather baseline data for the impact evaluation of the interventions. The overall study objective was to determine the feasibility of integrating locally relevant maternal nutrition interventions into existing ANC services and determine the impact on diet quality and utilization of nutrition interventions during pregnancy. Research questions include: 1) What is the program impact on maternal practices: (1) consumption of diversified foods during pregnancy; (2) consumption of IFA supplements during pregnancy; and (3) early breastfeeding practices? 2) Can the coverage and utilization of key maternal nutrition interventions during ANC be improved through system strengthening approaches? 3) What factors influenced the integration and strengthening of maternal nutrition interventions into the government ANC service delivery platform? The evaluation used a two-arm cluster-randomized, non-masked trial design, consisting of two cross-sectional surveys at baseline and endline. The unit of randomization is the health center and associated health posts in the catchment area. The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2019 by Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), the in-country research collaborator for the survey. The baseline survey included the following: 1) Pregnant women questionnaire, 2) Recently delivered women questionnaire, 3) Health Extension Worker (HEW) questionnaire, 4), Nurse-midwife questionnaire, and 5) Health facility observation checklist. The health facility observation checklists were conducted using pretested, structured questionnaires. Information was collected on condition of the facility infrastructure, service readiness, services provided by the facility, human resources, and ANC monitoring system. 2022 2024-06-04T09:44:37Z 2024-06-04T09:44:37Z Dataset https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144935 en Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute. 2022. A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144935
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child feeding
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developing countries
health services
breastfeeding
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International Food Policy Research Institute
A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title_full A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title_fullStr A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title_full_unstemmed A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title_short A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility
title_sort a t ethiopia maternal nutrition baseline survey 2019 health facility
topic health
nutrition education
nutrition
child feeding
infant feeding
developing countries
health services
breastfeeding
communication
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