Download: Summary of Recommendations | PDF 73KB Description of New Content in DHS-8 | PDF 84KB Date of Publication | May 2019 Between September 2018 and March 2019, DataDENT worked with stakeholders to develop a set of nutrition recommendations for DHS. The “Summary...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
Voice, access, and ownership: Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy in India and Nigeria
Journal Article | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-024-01451-2.pdf Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract What constitutes an enabling environment for nutrition advocacy in low- and middle-income countries? While a sizeable body of scholarship...
More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia
Journal Article | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001991 Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1)...
Moderate accuracy on survey responses about infant and young child feeding counseling reported by mothers with children less than one year of age in India
Journal Article | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022316623110996. Publication Date | April 2023 Abstract Background Counseling on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) to support optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices is an...
Measurement and reach of nutrition sensitive social protection programs in South Asia: Analysis of nationally representative surveys from 2012 to 2019
DataDENT presented research findings on nutrition sensitive social protection programs in South Asia at the ICN 2022 conference Visit Conference Website
Cognitive testing of questions about antenatal care and nutrition interventions in southern Nepal
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115318. Publication Date | October 2022 Abstract: Large scale surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are used to measure the coverage and quality of antenatal care (ANC)-related services....
What can (and can’t) household surveys tell us about nutrition and diarrhea interventions in LMIC?
In this webinar we presented on the results of validation studies on iron-folic acid supplementation, breastfeeding counseling, and diarrhea severity indicators collected through household surveys. There was rich discussion on what was learned from these studies, and...
Validation of survey questions on counseling about infant and young child feeding received by mothers in Bihar, India
DataDENT presented a paper at the ASN 2022 on validation of survey questions on IYCF counseling received by mothers in India. View Validation of survey questions on counseling about infant and young child feeding received by mothers in Bihar, India, American Society...
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...
Nutrition recommendations for Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 core questionnaire
Download: Summary of Recommendations | PDF 73KB Description of New Content in DHS-8 | PDF 84KB Date of Publication | May 2019 Between September 2018 and March 2019, DataDENT worked with stakeholders to develop a set of nutrition recommendations for DHS. The “Summary...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
Voice, access, and ownership: Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy in India and Nigeria
Journal Article | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-024-01451-2.pdf Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract What constitutes an enabling environment for nutrition advocacy in low- and middle-income countries? While a sizeable body of scholarship...
More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia
Journal Article | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001991 Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1)...
Moderate accuracy on survey responses about infant and young child feeding counseling reported by mothers with children less than one year of age in India
Journal Article | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022316623110996. Publication Date | April 2023 Abstract Background Counseling on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) to support optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices is an...
Measurement and reach of nutrition sensitive social protection programs in South Asia: Analysis of nationally representative surveys from 2012 to 2019
DataDENT presented research findings on nutrition sensitive social protection programs in South Asia at the ICN 2022 conference Visit Conference Website
Cognitive testing of questions about antenatal care and nutrition interventions in southern Nepal
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115318. Publication Date | October 2022 Abstract: Large scale surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are used to measure the coverage and quality of antenatal care (ANC)-related services....
What can (and can’t) household surveys tell us about nutrition and diarrhea interventions in LMIC?
In this webinar we presented on the results of validation studies on iron-folic acid supplementation, breastfeeding counseling, and diarrhea severity indicators collected through household surveys. There was rich discussion on what was learned from these studies, and...
Validation of survey questions on counseling about infant and young child feeding received by mothers in Bihar, India
DataDENT presented a paper at the ASN 2022 on validation of survey questions on IYCF counseling received by mothers in India. View Validation of survey questions on counseling about infant and young child feeding received by mothers in Bihar, India, American Society...
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...