Description: National multitopic household surveys (e.g., Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) provide a wealth of information to guide nutrition policy and program action. In efforts to identify drivers of stunting decline across 5...
Contributions of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) to food insecurity monitoring & policy making globally
This is the fourth webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19’ series. Learn more about this series and our previous webinars here. Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here. Description: The Latin American and Caribbean...
Data for Nutrition CoP YouTube Channel
DfN members can host and participate in community webinars to advance discussion, disseminate learning, and bridge capacity across the nutrition data value chain. Visit the Data for Nutrition COP YouTube Channel.
Webinars on nutrition coverage measurement, data innovation and data commitments
The Data for Nutrition community of practice (DfN) hosts regular webinars highlighting member research and experiences around nutrition data and measurement issues. DataDENT has disseminated our work on data visualization tools and nutrition-sensitive social...
Survey sampling strategies: Geospatial sampling with the Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M)
Household surveys are a primary source of nutrition data in many countries. Fundamental decisions about survey sampling have big implications for the cost and use of data. The ‘Survey Sampling Strategies’ DfN webinar series examines different methods for household...
Standing Together for Better Nutrition Data during COVID-19 and beyond
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...
2020 DataDENT Highlights
2020 will be remembered as a year the world radically changed, but it was also a year that reminded us of the importance of fundamental structures and systems. Now, as much as ever, strengthening the nutrition data value chain (DVC) is needed to address the challenges...
Visualizing nutrition data for decision making: What have we learnt so far?
Date and Time: December 16, 2020 10:00 – 11:30 AM EST/ 6:00 – 7:30 PM EAT/ 8:30 – 10:00 PM IST Description: In recent years, we have seen a proliferation of global data visualization tools (DVTs) for nutrition. These tools aid audiences in interpreting data and...
Measuring food and nutrition security for urban consumers in times of the COVID-19 crisis
Description: This event is the third Data for Nutrition webinar to discuss measuring food security during COVID-19 and compliments the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19‘ series. Speakers will discuss metrics for measuring food and nutrition security...
What’s new with minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W)? Discussing methods for data collection and updated measurement guidance
Speakers from the FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity Women (MDD-W) project will share findings from the recent study that compared the two commonly used methods to collect MDD-W data—list-based and open recall—against Weighed Food Records as a reference method. These...
Analytical methods to identify drivers of change in population-level nutrition outcomes: Multivariable decomposition approach
Description: National multitopic household surveys (e.g., Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) provide a wealth of information to guide nutrition policy and program action. In efforts to identify drivers of stunting decline across 5...
Contributions of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) to food insecurity monitoring & policy making globally
This is the fourth webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19’ series. Learn more about this series and our previous webinars here. Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here. Description: The Latin American and Caribbean...
Data for Nutrition CoP YouTube Channel
DfN members can host and participate in community webinars to advance discussion, disseminate learning, and bridge capacity across the nutrition data value chain. Visit the Data for Nutrition COP YouTube Channel.
Webinars on nutrition coverage measurement, data innovation and data commitments
The Data for Nutrition community of practice (DfN) hosts regular webinars highlighting member research and experiences around nutrition data and measurement issues. DataDENT has disseminated our work on data visualization tools and nutrition-sensitive social...
Survey sampling strategies: Geospatial sampling with the Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M)
Household surveys are a primary source of nutrition data in many countries. Fundamental decisions about survey sampling have big implications for the cost and use of data. The ‘Survey Sampling Strategies’ DfN webinar series examines different methods for household...
Standing Together for Better Nutrition Data during COVID-19 and beyond
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...
2020 DataDENT Highlights
2020 will be remembered as a year the world radically changed, but it was also a year that reminded us of the importance of fundamental structures and systems. Now, as much as ever, strengthening the nutrition data value chain (DVC) is needed to address the challenges...
Visualizing nutrition data for decision making: What have we learnt so far?
Date and Time: December 16, 2020 10:00 – 11:30 AM EST/ 6:00 – 7:30 PM EAT/ 8:30 – 10:00 PM IST Description: In recent years, we have seen a proliferation of global data visualization tools (DVTs) for nutrition. These tools aid audiences in interpreting data and...
Measuring food and nutrition security for urban consumers in times of the COVID-19 crisis
Description: This event is the third Data for Nutrition webinar to discuss measuring food security during COVID-19 and compliments the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19‘ series. Speakers will discuss metrics for measuring food and nutrition security...
What’s new with minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W)? Discussing methods for data collection and updated measurement guidance
Speakers from the FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity Women (MDD-W) project will share findings from the recent study that compared the two commonly used methods to collect MDD-W data—list-based and open recall—against Weighed Food Records as a reference method. These...