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  • Data collection,  India,  Survey data

    Why harmonization of food security measurement in phone surveys is needed: Lessons from India

    November 1, 2021

    Background Food security is essential for a healthy and productive population. In 1996, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated that food security “exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” FAO recognized four dimensions…

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    Nishmeet Singh (IFPRI) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Survey data

    Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys

    July 20, 2021

    We are thrilled to launch the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys today! The Compendium is a technical resource that can help national and subnational stakeholders fill information gaps around who is receiving nutrition interventions through health systems. Building on a set of indicators proposed in “Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum…

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    Tricia Aung (JHSPH), Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Routine data,  Survey data

    Let’s make a plan!

    June 30, 2021

    Last month the Micronutrient Forum (MNF) released a Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative Strategic Plan—a comprehensive strategy for how to fill long-standing gaps in data on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies across low- and middle-income countries.  The strategy is noteworthy on multiple levels, but in particular for its theory of change which describes the steps and enabling factors required to achieve…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Infant and Young Child Feeding,  Survey data

    Revisiting Core Indicators: Principles from the updated WHO-UNICEF Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicator guidance

    April 28, 2021

    In April 2021, WHO and UNICEF released updated definitions and measurement guidance for  indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. Originally released in 2008, indicators of diet quality for children 0-23 months of age have been an essential tool for policy makers and program planners within and across low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). The indicators, which…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • 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) 5 Comments
  • 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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    Riley Auer No Comments
  • 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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    Riley Auer No Comments
  • 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 4 Comments
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