Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions
A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15536784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jowel Choufani (0000-0002-2627-7214, International Food Policy Research Institute), Sunny S Kim (0000-0003-3960-3354, International Food Policy Research Institute, corresponding author), Phuong H Nguyen (0000-0003-3418-1674, International Food Policy Research Institute), Rebecca Heidkamp (0000-0003-3146-1320, Johns Hopkins University), Laurence M Grummer‐strawn (0000-0003-1429-5260, World Health Organization), Kuntal Kumar Saha (0000-0001-8925-2113, World Health Organization), Chika Hayashi (0000-0003-1583-6620, United Nations Children's Fund), Vrinda Mehra (United Nations Children's Fund), Silvia Alayon (0000-0002-8023-5023, Save the Children), Pratiksha Menon (0000-0001-5988-2894, International Food Policy Research Institute) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e13001-e13001 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/mcn.13001 |
| PMID | 32297479 |
| OpenAlex | W3017025313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
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
Breastfeeding · Data collection · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling · Psychological intervention · Scale (ratio · Survey data collection · Tracking (education · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Pediatrics
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |