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  • Children,  Data collection,  Survey data,  Women

    Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs: What, Why and How Can We Measure Them?

    March 2, 2021

    What is nutrition-sensitive social protection? Nutrition-sensitive sectors address the underlying determinants of maternal and child malnutrition (e.g. food security, education), and investments in these sectors are critical to global strategies for eliminating undernutrition. As a cross-cutting dimension, social protection is core to nutrition-sensitive actions. Social protection initiatives aim to protect families from poverty and vulnerability by offering a mix of…

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    Nadia Akseer (JHSPH) 1 Comment
  • Advocacy,  Data collection,  Data for Nutrition

    Standing Together for Better Nutrition Data during COVID-19 and Beyond

    February 25, 2021

    Since mid-2020, DataDENT team members have been actively involved in Standing Together for Nutrition (STfN)—a multidisciplinary consortium of economics, nutrition, and health systems experts committed to addressing COVID-related nutrition challenges. To date the consortium has released two papers presenting results from modeling exercises that project the impacts of COVID-related interruptions to economic and health systems on maternal and child nutrition…

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  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  India

    Tracking India’s Progress on Addressing Malnutrition and Enhancing the Use of Data to Improve Programs

    January 8, 2021

    In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), NITI Aayog, and ID Insight, DataDENT developed a joint report addressing considerations for improving the availability and use of data to improve nutrition programs in India. The report shares a comprehensive indicator framework aligned with India’s National Nutrition Mission, POSHAN Abhiyaan, and describes a theory…

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  • Data collection,  India

    Understanding the Role of Cognitive Interviewing in Improving Survey Questions

    November 17, 2020

    While answering a survey questionnaire, how do the respondents interpret the questions? What techniques of cognitive interviewing can facilitate appropriate framing of the questions? These are important considerations to have while designing survey questions to ensure that they clearly communicate the question’s intent and elicit responses aligned with the intended interpretation. To look at these concepts more closely, IFPRI—an implementing…

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    Sattvika Ashok and Emily Myers, IFPRI 1 Comment
  • Data collection,  Data for Nutrition,  Data visualization

    Webinar Round Up: Measuring food security and nutrition during COVID-19

    May 22, 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on food security and nutrition. Organizations and initiatives have shared webinars, blogs, and additional resources to help governments, donors, program implementors, and other stakeholders on how to monitor and assess how COVID-19 threatens food systems and nutritional status of populations. Below is a list of webinars on measuring food security and nutrition…

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  • Advocacy,  Data collection,  Demographic and Health Surveys,  Survey data

    Overview of new nutrition questions in the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) core questionnaires

    October 11, 2019

    The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program just released the new DHS model questionnaires for round 8 (2018-2023). We previously shared on the blog how DHS and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are main sources of nationally-representative maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition data. The four DHS core questionnaires (household, woman, man, and biomarker) will be used globally, and…

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    Tricia Aung 2 Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Fortification

    Updated guidance on measuring fortification coverage

    August 9, 2019

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has released new guidance on measuring coverage of food fortification. The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) provides standardized tools to collect, analyze and synthesize data on quality, coverage, and consumption of fortified foods in different countries and contexts. FACT also provides guidance on survey design and use in evaluation contexts. GAIN Briefing Paper…

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  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Survey data

    Beyond Definition: Attaching meaning to indicators

    June 26, 2019

    An interview with Jef Leroy, IFPRI A worker with the partner organization of Save the Children measures a child in the slums of Govandi, Mumbai, India. © 2016 Mayank Soni (Save the Children), Courtesy of Photoshare Stunting, or children assessed as too short for their age, has become a north star indicator for the nutrition community. Many advocates, policy makers,…

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  • Breastfeeding,  Children,  Complementary feeding,  Data collection,  Survey data,  Women

    Innovations in Nutrition Measurement: Lessons Learned from Population-Based Household Surveys in Burkina Faso and Kenya

    April 18, 2019

    A resident enumerator in Burkina Faso prepares for the third round of data collection for PMA2020, a mobile technology-based survey project that supports routine, rapid-turnaround, high quality data on family planning and other health indicators. ©2016 PMA2020/Shani Turke, Courtesy of Photoshare Countries with high burdens of malnutrition have increased investment in nutrition, but monitoring and evaluation efforts have been hindered…

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  • Data collection,  Survey data

    Inspiration from the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) community: Core Questions on WASH for Household Surveys

    March 22, 2019

    © 2014 Faisal Azim, Courtesy of Photoshare World Water Day 2019’s theme of “Leaving no one behind” focuses on vulnerable populations—including women, children, refugees, and indigenous peoples—that lack access to safe water. This theme is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water (6.1) and adequate and equitable sanitation and…

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