This module and associated resources are intended to support the design and implementation of integrated nutrition and responsive care and early learning activities for this age group. These provide program managers and implementers a brief overview of key considerations for infant feeding and care needs at birth up to 6 months of age; guidance on healthy growth and development, including key developmental milestones to watch for; common caregiver challenges; and illustrative activities to support integrated, tailored, age-specific infant feeding, responsive care, and early learning activities during counseling and group sessions.
Download Module 1: Birth Up to Six Months of Age (PDF, 3.9 MB)
See the Program Design and Implementation Guide for more information on this module and the prerequisites for its use. Additional resources to support programming for this age and stage can be found below.
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Mesurer le changement social et comportemental dans les programmes de nutrition : Un guide pour les évaluateurs
Guideline/Guidance published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
Les évaluations de programme jouent un rôle essentiel dans l'amélioration de la qualité et la détermination de l'efficacité des stratégies et des approches de changement social et comportemental (CSC) nécessaires pour atteindre les résultats du programme de nutrition.
Measuring Social and Behavior Change in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators
Guideline/Guidance published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
This guide supports implementing partners who are involved with conducting an evaluation of an activity that uses social and behavior change to improve multi-sectoral nutrition outcomes.
Utiliser la recherche pour concevoir une stratégie de changement social et comportemental pour une nutrition multisectorielle
Toolkit published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
Les responsables des programmes de changement social et comportemental (CSC) en matière de nutrition peuvent utiliser cet outil lors de la conception d’un programme ou d’une activité pour transformer les résultats de la recherche en une stratégie de CSC conduisant à des comportements nutritionnels optimaux.
Using Research to Design a Social and Behavior Change Strategy for Multi-Sectoral Nutrition
Toolkit published by USAID Advancing Nutrition in
High-quality social and behavior change design requires multiple steps, beginning with prioritizing behaviors.
Nurturing Care Handbook: Strategic Action 4—Monitor Progress
Indicator Guide published by WHO in
Strategic Action 4: How to monitor populations, implementation, and individual children’s development of the Nurturing Care Handbook.
Caring for the Caregiver Training Module
Information, Education and Communication Materials published by UNICEF in
The caring for the caregiver module aims to build front-line workers’ skills in strengths-based counseling to increase caregivers’ confidence and help them develop stress management, self-care, and conflict-resolution skills to support their emotional well-being.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course: Trainer’s Guide, 2nd edition
Training Material published by WHO in
The Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling: An Integrated Course includes this trainer’s guide, a director's guide and participant’s manual.
Counselling To Improve Maternal Nutrition: Considerations for Programming with Quality, Equity and Scale
Technical Report published by UNICEF in
This program brief describes a set of approaches to strengthen maternal nutrition counseling.
