While answering a survey questionnaire, how do the respondents interpret the questions? What techniques of cognitive interviewing can facilitate appropriate framing of the questions? These are important considerations to have while designing survey questions to ensure...
Understanding the role of cognitive interviewing in improving survey questions
While answering a survey questionnaire, how do the respondents interpret the questions? What techniques of cognitive interviewing can facilitate appropriate framing of the questions? These are important considerations to have while designing survey questions to ensure...
Evidence and lessons on improving data use and quality in India’s nutrition program
To strengthen nutrition information systems and improve nutrition outcomes in India, we must improve data quality and facilitate the use of data at all levels. This was the theme of one of the key thematic sessions at ‘Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from...
Measure & Adapt: How are school feeding programs changing during COVID-19?
Schools across the world closed alongside national lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving many children without access to school meals. Schools are important platforms for delivering high-impact health, nutrition-specific, and nutrition-sensitive...
Unpacking a framework for measuring infant and young child feeding counselling coverage in household surveys
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling is important to facilitate optimal feeding practices and improve child survival. I sat down with Sunny Kim, Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute and DataDENT team member, to discuss the...
Using cognitive interviewing to improve survey questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation
IFPRI—an implementing partner of DataDENT—and partners conducted the workshop, “Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Survey Questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation” on September 14, 2020, during the third India-focused implementation...
How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6911 Date of Publication | September 2020 Key Messages: • Most essential nutrition interventions are delivered through health systems • Global movements to scale up effective nutrition interventions and achieve universal...
South Asia is far from achieving universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions: Examining coverage, trends, and inequities, 2005 to 2018
ASN Nutrition 2020, June 1-4, 2020 (Virtual) In ASN Nutrition in 2020, DataDENT shared coverage, trends, and inequities in South Asia to achieve universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions. DataDENT shared our work “South Asia Is Far from Achieving...
Nutrition Indicator Framework – India
Policy Note | 109KB Date of Publication | June 2020 In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), DataDENT co-funded an activity identifying an indicator list and respective data availability...
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001 Date of Publication | April 2020 Abstract: Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of...
Bridging the gap between intent and interpretation: Enhancing survey questions on maternal and child nutrition intervention coverage through cognitive interviewing in India
While answering a survey questionnaire, how do the respondents interpret the questions? What techniques of cognitive interviewing can facilitate appropriate framing of the questions? These are important considerations to have while designing survey questions to ensure...
Understanding the role of cognitive interviewing in improving survey questions
While answering a survey questionnaire, how do the respondents interpret the questions? What techniques of cognitive interviewing can facilitate appropriate framing of the questions? These are important considerations to have while designing survey questions to ensure...
Evidence and lessons on improving data use and quality in India’s nutrition program
To strengthen nutrition information systems and improve nutrition outcomes in India, we must improve data quality and facilitate the use of data at all levels. This was the theme of one of the key thematic sessions at ‘Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from...
Measure & Adapt: How are school feeding programs changing during COVID-19?
Schools across the world closed alongside national lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving many children without access to school meals. Schools are important platforms for delivering high-impact health, nutrition-specific, and nutrition-sensitive...
Unpacking a framework for measuring infant and young child feeding counselling coverage in household surveys
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling is important to facilitate optimal feeding practices and improve child survival. I sat down with Sunny Kim, Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute and DataDENT team member, to discuss the...
Using cognitive interviewing to improve survey questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation
IFPRI—an implementing partner of DataDENT—and partners conducted the workshop, “Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Survey Questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation” on September 14, 2020, during the third India-focused implementation...
How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6911 Date of Publication | September 2020 Key Messages: • Most essential nutrition interventions are delivered through health systems • Global movements to scale up effective nutrition interventions and achieve universal...
South Asia is far from achieving universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions: Examining coverage, trends, and inequities, 2005 to 2018
ASN Nutrition 2020, June 1-4, 2020 (Virtual) In ASN Nutrition in 2020, DataDENT shared coverage, trends, and inequities in South Asia to achieve universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions. DataDENT shared our work “South Asia Is Far from Achieving...
Nutrition Indicator Framework – India
Policy Note | 109KB Date of Publication | June 2020 In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), DataDENT co-funded an activity identifying an indicator list and respective data availability...
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001 Date of Publication | April 2020 Abstract: Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of...