Strengthening Implementation and Utilization of Nutrition Interventions through Research: A Framework and Research Agenda

Menon, Purnima; Covic, Namukolo; Harrigan, Paige; Horton, Susan; Kazi, Nabeeha M.; Lamstein, Sascha; Neufeld, L.M.; Oakley, Erica; Pelletier, David

doi:10.9734/ejnfs/2015/21112

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“…Both benefits and costs are likely to change as programs scale up (Alderman, Behrman, and Puett 2017;Menon and others 2014); benefits for hard-to-reach subpopulations may be higher or lower than for the general population, but costs are more likely to increase as programs expand coverage. This is a generic concern, but it is more likely to affect more personnel-intensive programs, such as counseling, relative to micronutrient fortification or supplementation.…”

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Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Growth and Development during Early and Middle Childhood

Alderman¹,

Behrman²,

Glewwe³

et al. 2017

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 8): Child and Adolescent Health and Development

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Section: Benefit-cost Estimates For Nutritional Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Growth and Development during Early and Middle Childhood

Alderman¹,

Behrman²,

Glewwe³

et al. 2017

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 8): Child and Adolescent Health and Development

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“…The implementation, analysis framework and interpretability of results of any evaluation at a national scale are often complex. For example, when an intervention is implemented in a complex setting, a number of factors might influence it independently or interdependently (1,3,4) , which affects the impact evaluation design approach and potential interpretability of results (5) . Considering this, implementation researchers suggest evaluating the implementation process prospectively instead of retrospectively, alongside the outcome evaluation, to get a comprehensive understanding about what occurs during implementation (1,6) , as well as to create opportunities for course correction.…”

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Use of concurrent evaluation to improve implementation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh: a methodological innovation

Sarma

Uddin

Islam

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: This paper focuses on the use of ‘concurrent evaluation’ to evaluate a nationally scaled-up programme in Bangladesh that was implemented by BRAC (an international development organisation) using Shasthya Shebika (SS) – volunteer community health workers – to promote home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) for children under-five. Design: We developed a programme impact pathway to conceptualise the implementation and evaluation strategy and developed a strategic partnership among the key programme stakeholders for better use of evaluation evidence. We developed a multi-method concurrent evaluation strategy to provide insights into the BRAC programme and created provision for course correction to the implementation plan while it was in operation. Setting: One hundred sixty-four sub-districts and six urban slums in Bangladesh. Participants: Caregivers of children 6–59 months, SS and BRAC’s staff members. Results: The evaluation identified low awareness about home fortification among caregivers, inadequate supply and frequent MNP stockouts, and inadequate skills of BRAC’s SS to promote MNP at the community level as hindrances to the achievement of programme goals. The partners regularly discussed evaluation results during and after implementation activities to assess progress in programme coverage and any needs for modification. BRAC initiated a series of corrections to the original implementation plan to address these challenges, which improved the design of the MNP programme; this resulted in enhanced programme outcomes. Conclusions: Concurrent evaluation is an innovative approach to evaluate complex real-world programmes. Here it was utilised in implementing a large-scale nutrition programme to measure implementation process and effectiveness.

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“…With the goal of improving implementation and scale-up of evidence-based nutrition interventions, Menon et al (2014) propose an implementation-focused nutrition framework (Figure 3.10). The framework was designed to help identify which issues need most attention in a particular context.…”

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Stories of Change in Nutrition: A Tool Pool

Gillespie

Bold

2015

SSRN Journal

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), established in 1975, provides evidence-based policy solutions to sustainably end hunger and malnutrition and reduce poverty. The Institute conducts research, communicates results, optimizes partnerships, and builds capacity to ensure sustainable food production, promote healthy food systems, improve markets and trade, transform agriculture, build resilience, and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is considered in all of the Institute's work. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world, including development implementers, public institutions, the private sector, and farmers' organizations, to ensure that local, national, regional, and global food policies are based on evidence. IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

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Strengthening Implementation and Utilization of Nutrition Interventions through Research: A Framework and Research Agenda

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Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Growth and Development during Early and Middle Childhood

Evidence of Impact of Interventions on Growth and Development during Early and Middle Childhood

Use of concurrent evaluation to improve implementation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh: a methodological innovation

Stories of Change in Nutrition: A Tool Pool

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