Tools to improve planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of complementary feeding programmes

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ID15535907
AuthorsJuliawati Untoro (0000-0003-1287-0217, United Nations Children's Fund, corresponding author), Rachel Childs (Save the Children), Indira Bose (0000-0002-3045-8851, World Food Programme), Pattanee Winichagoon (0000-0001-8324-6919, Mahidol University), Christiane Rudert (0000-0003-0703-0037, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office), Andrew Hall (0000-0003-1165-706X, Save the Children), Saskia de Pee (0000-0002-0138-7118, World Food Programme)
Year2017
Volume13
IssueS2
Publication date2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMaternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mcn.12438
PMID29032631
OpenAlexW2762547374
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited26

Adequate nutrient intake is a prerequisite for achieving good nutrition status. Suboptimal complementary feeding practices are a main risk factor for stunting. The need for systematic and user-friendly tools to guide the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of dietary interventions for children aged 6-23 months has been recognized. This paper describes five tools, namely, ProPAN, Optifood, Cost of the Diet, Fill the Nutrient Gap, and Monitoring Results for Equity System that can be used in different combinations to improve situation analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring, or evaluation approaches for complementary feeding in a particular context. ProPAN helps with development of strategies and activities designed to change the behaviours of the target population. Optifood provides guidance for developing food-based recommendations. The Cost of the Diet can provide insight on economic barriers to accessing a nutritious and balanced diet. The Fill the Nutrient Gap facilitates formulation of context-specific policies and programmatic approaches to improve nutrient intake, through a multistakeholder process that uses insights from linear programming and secondary data. The Monitoring Results for Equity System helps with analysis of gaps, constraints, and determinants of complementary feeding interventions and adoption of recommended practices especially in the most vulnerable and deprived populations. These tools, and support for their use, are readily available and can be used either alone and/or complementarily throughout the programme cycle to improve infant and young child-feeding programmes at subnational and national levels

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