Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13248 Publication Date | August 2021 Abstract: Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question’s intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued....
Advancing the quality of care measurement agenda for nutrition
Much of DataDENT's work has focused in on improving the measurement of nutrition intervention coverage. We have worked to develop new coverage indicators for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) counseling and Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection,...
Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys
Compendium | PDF 1591KB Date of Publication | August 2021 Building on a set of indicators for direct (i.e. “nutrition-specific”) intervention coverage proposed by Gillespie et al., the Compendium provides indicator definitions and accompanying questions for nutrition...
How can we measure nutrition-sensitive social protection? Unpacking data, challenges, and opportunities to improve nutrition through school feeding programs
This webinar about measuring coverage of nutrition sensitive social protection and school feeding programs features speakers from Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Description: Social protection programs are important...
Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys
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...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
What is advocacy for nutrition policy? Many policy reforms emerge after sustained periods of advocacy. In the field of nutrition, advocates have played a critical role in raising awareness about the causes and consequences of malnutrition and which interventions...
Mind the (Data) Gap: Understanding the gender dimensions of food security
Gender is a social determinant of health which can have a significant impact on an individual’s nutrition status. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) Nutrition Equity Framework illustrates how basic and underlying determinants, including gender, are interlinked and...
Revisiting core indicators: Principles from the updated WHO-UNICEF Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicator guidance
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...
Improving the service provision assessment to measure select Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative key indicators
In the fall of 2020, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program organized communities of practice to develop recommendations for improving the data collection instruments used in the Service Provision Assessment (SPA). In January 2021, the nutrition working...
Advancing the data and accountability agenda for maternal and child undernutrition
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021, a Lancet series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (MCUN) Progress was launched as part of the Nutrition Year of Action—a year-long effort to drive momentum on tackling malnutrition ahead of the 2021 Nutrition for Growth...
Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent‐interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India
Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13248 Publication Date | August 2021 Abstract: Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question’s intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued....
Advancing the quality of care measurement agenda for nutrition
Much of DataDENT's work has focused in on improving the measurement of nutrition intervention coverage. We have worked to develop new coverage indicators for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) counseling and Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection,...
Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys
Compendium | PDF 1591KB Date of Publication | August 2021 Building on a set of indicators for direct (i.e. “nutrition-specific”) intervention coverage proposed by Gillespie et al., the Compendium provides indicator definitions and accompanying questions for nutrition...
How can we measure nutrition-sensitive social protection? Unpacking data, challenges, and opportunities to improve nutrition through school feeding programs
This webinar about measuring coverage of nutrition sensitive social protection and school feeding programs features speakers from Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Description: Social protection programs are important...
Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys
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...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
What is advocacy for nutrition policy? Many policy reforms emerge after sustained periods of advocacy. In the field of nutrition, advocates have played a critical role in raising awareness about the causes and consequences of malnutrition and which interventions...
Mind the (Data) Gap: Understanding the gender dimensions of food security
Gender is a social determinant of health which can have a significant impact on an individual’s nutrition status. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) Nutrition Equity Framework illustrates how basic and underlying determinants, including gender, are interlinked and...
Revisiting core indicators: Principles from the updated WHO-UNICEF Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicator guidance
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...
Improving the service provision assessment to measure select Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative key indicators
In the fall of 2020, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program organized communities of practice to develop recommendations for improving the data collection instruments used in the Service Provision Assessment (SPA). In January 2021, the nutrition working...
Advancing the data and accountability agenda for maternal and child undernutrition
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021, a Lancet series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (MCUN) Progress was launched as part of the Nutrition Year of Action—a year-long effort to drive momentum on tackling malnutrition ahead of the 2021 Nutrition for Growth...