DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...
Can we measure that? A stepwise approach to design valid household survey indicators and questions about nutrition intervention coverage
DataDENT hosted a Learning Lab at the 10th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week in Tanzania. The session walked participants through critical considerations for designing new nutrition intervention coverage indicators that can be measured using...
Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...
Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction: Despite global commitments to eliminate malnutrition, over half of the world’s population remains affected. Multi-sectoral nutrition interventions...
Co-coverage of social protection programs and maternal and child nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Preprint Article | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.25320966v1 Date of Publication | January 2025 Abstract Social protection programs (SPPs) are common in South Asia, a global malnutrition hotspot. Provision of SPP benefits as well as essential...
Diet quality among mothers and children in India: Roles of social and behavior change communication and nutrition-sensitive social protection programs
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.07.026 Date of Publication | July 2024 Abstract: Background: Limited evidence exists on determinants of maternal and child diet quality. Objectives: This study examined the role of social and behavior change...
Identifying measures for coverage of nutrition-sensitive social protection programs: Learnings from India
Manuscript | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13661 Date of Publication | June 2024 Abstract: Optimal child growth requires a combination of nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions in the first 1,000 days. There is limited guidance on how to measure the...
Who is being reached by nutrition-sensitive social protection programs? Advancing methods for measuring NSSP coverage using household surveys
Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...
Response rate in phone surveys: experiments to test the effect of pre-visits and financial incentives
Brief | PDF 365 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 Key Findings: • The hybrid (pre-visit + call) data collection method helped achieve higher response rate but at the cost of time and resources • Disclosure of the financial incentive had an effect on the response...
Data availability on nutrition sensitive social protection programs (NSSPPs) across population-based surveys in South Asia
Brief | PDF 312 KB Date of Publication | July 2022 Key Findings: • All South Asian countries regularly conducted household surveys to collect data on income, expenditure, health, and nutrition. • Data on Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection Programs (NSSPPs) was...
Who is being reached? Rethinking how to collect, analyze and use data on the coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions
DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...
Can we measure that? A stepwise approach to design valid household survey indicators and questions about nutrition intervention coverage
DataDENT hosted a Learning Lab at the 10th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week in Tanzania. The session walked participants through critical considerations for designing new nutrition intervention coverage indicators that can be measured using...
Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...
Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction: Despite global commitments to eliminate malnutrition, over half of the world’s population remains affected. Multi-sectoral nutrition interventions...
Co-coverage of social protection programs and maternal and child nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Preprint Article | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.25320966v1 Date of Publication | January 2025 Abstract Social protection programs (SPPs) are common in South Asia, a global malnutrition hotspot. Provision of SPP benefits as well as essential...
Diet quality among mothers and children in India: Roles of social and behavior change communication and nutrition-sensitive social protection programs
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.07.026 Date of Publication | July 2024 Abstract: Background: Limited evidence exists on determinants of maternal and child diet quality. Objectives: This study examined the role of social and behavior change...
Identifying measures for coverage of nutrition-sensitive social protection programs: Learnings from India
Manuscript | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13661 Date of Publication | June 2024 Abstract: Optimal child growth requires a combination of nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions in the first 1,000 days. There is limited guidance on how to measure the...
Who is being reached by nutrition-sensitive social protection programs? Advancing methods for measuring NSSP coverage using household surveys
Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...
Response rate in phone surveys: experiments to test the effect of pre-visits and financial incentives
Brief | PDF 365 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 Key Findings: • The hybrid (pre-visit + call) data collection method helped achieve higher response rate but at the cost of time and resources • Disclosure of the financial incentive had an effect on the response...
Data availability on nutrition sensitive social protection programs (NSSPPs) across population-based surveys in South Asia
Brief | PDF 312 KB Date of Publication | July 2022 Key Findings: • All South Asian countries regularly conducted household surveys to collect data on income, expenditure, health, and nutrition. • Data on Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection Programs (NSSPPs) was...