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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.creator.identifierSunny S. Kim: 0000-0003-3960-3354
cg.creator.identifierPhuong H Nguyen: 0000-0003-3418-1674
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894
cg.creator.identifierJowel Choufani: 0000-0002-2627-7214
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1740-8695en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalMaternal and Child Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume16en
dc.contributor.authorChoufani, Jowelen
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sunny S.en
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Phuong Hongen
dc.contributor.authorHeidkamp, Rebecca A.en
dc.contributor.authorGrummer-Strawn, Laurence M.en
dc.contributor.authorSaha, Kuntal K.en
dc.contributor.authorHayashi, Chikaen
dc.contributor.authorMehra, Vrindaen
dc.contributor.authorAlayon, Silviaen
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:11:05Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:11:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142796
dc.titleMeasuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question designen
dcterms.abstractMost 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChoufani, 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.13001en
dcterms.issued2020-05-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7194en
dcterms.subjectinfantsen
dcterms.subjectdataen
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjecttherapyen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectinfant feedingen
dcterms.subjectchild feedingen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectbreastfeedingen
dcterms.subjectnutritional requirementsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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