Happy New Year to much of the world! While there are bigger headlines dominating our news feeds, the start of 2022 signals that we are in the final stretch in DataDENT’s first 5-year funding cycle. DataDENT global and country partners have been hard at work and also...
Advancing nutrition measurement: Developing quantitative measures of nutrition service quality for pregnant women and children in low- and middle-income country health systems.
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13279 Date of Publication | November 2021 Abstract: The health sector plays an important role in the delivery of high-quality nutrition interventions to women and children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)....
Why harmonization of food security measurement in phone surveys is needed: Lessons from India
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...
Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries
Journal Article | Download | http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.286650 Date of Publication | January 2022 Abstract: Objective: To examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries. Methods: We used data...
Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
Discussion Paper | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134724 Date of Publication | October 2021 Abstract: The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been...
Measuring food security in the context of COVID-19 in India: A review of measurement tools and adaptations to phone-based data collection
Brief | PDF 558 KB Date of Publication | October 2021 Suggested Citation: Measuring food security in the context of COVID-19 in India: A review of measurement tools and adaptations to phone-based data collection. New Delhi: Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition...
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...
More to come: Taking stock of DataDENT’s 2021 achievements and 2022 plans
Happy New Year to much of the world! While there are bigger headlines dominating our news feeds, the start of 2022 signals that we are in the final stretch in DataDENT’s first 5-year funding cycle. DataDENT global and country partners have been hard at work and also...
Advancing nutrition measurement: Developing quantitative measures of nutrition service quality for pregnant women and children in low- and middle-income country health systems.
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13279 Date of Publication | November 2021 Abstract: The health sector plays an important role in the delivery of high-quality nutrition interventions to women and children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)....
Why harmonization of food security measurement in phone surveys is needed: Lessons from India
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...
Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries
Journal Article | Download | http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.286650 Date of Publication | January 2022 Abstract: Objective: To examine inequalities and opportunity gaps in co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions in seven countries. Methods: We used data...
Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
Discussion Paper | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134724 Date of Publication | October 2021 Abstract: The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been...
Measuring food security in the context of COVID-19 in India: A review of measurement tools and adaptations to phone-based data collection
Brief | PDF 558 KB Date of Publication | October 2021 Suggested Citation: Measuring food security in the context of COVID-19 in India: A review of measurement tools and adaptations to phone-based data collection. New Delhi: Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition...
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...