Using implementation research for evidence‐based programme development

The few available studies of programme effectiveness in nutrition find that programmes are less effective than would be predicted from the efficacy trials that are the basis for evidence-based programming. Some of these are due to gaps in utilisation within households. To a greater extent, these gaps can be attributed to problems in programme design and implementation. 'Implementation research in nutrition' is an emerging area of study aimed at addressing this problem, by building an evidence base and a sound theory to design and implement programmes that will effectively deliver nutrition interventions. The purpose of this supplement to Maternal & Child Nutrition is to contribute to this growing area of implementation research. The series of papers presented and the reflections for policymaking and programmes, combined with the reflections on the application of ethnography to this area of inquiry, illustrate the value of systematic research undertaken for the purpose of supporting the design of nutrition interventions that are appropriate for the specific populations in which they are undertaken

Implementation research · Medical education · Program Design Language · Program evaluation · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Publishing · Research design · Social science · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology

• Is there a “complementary feeding cultural core” in rural Kenya? Results from ethnographic research in five counties

  Open Access•Faith Thuita, Faith M Thuita et al.•Maternal and Child Nutrition•2018

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• Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition‐specific, agricultural and market‐based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural Kenya

  Open Access•Christine Hotz, G H Pelto et al.•Maternal and Child Nutrition•2015

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• Development of a live coding method to assess infant/toddler food acceptance

  Open Access•Kameron J Moding, Anabelle Bonvecchio et al.•Maternal and Child Nutrition•2022

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• Facilitating factors and challenges of the implementation of multisectoral nutrition programmes at the community level to improve optimal infant and young child feeding practices

  Open Access•Ousmane Ouedraogo, Maimouna Halidou Doudou et al.•Public Health Nutrition•2021

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• Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition

  Open Access•Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das et al.•The Lancet•2013

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• Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes

  Open Access•Marie T Ruel, Harold Alderman•The Lancet•2013

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• Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

  Open Access•Robert E Black, Cesar G Victora et al.•The Lancet•2013

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• Designing appropriate complementary feeding recommendations

  Open Access•Bernadette Daelmans, Elaine L Ferguson et al.•Maternal and Child Nutrition•2013

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