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Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Financial Costs of Mass Media Interventions Used for Improving Breastfeeding Practices in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Vietnam
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Breastfeeding
The cost of mass media breastfeeding interventions per mother ranged from 0.13 USD in Bangladesh to 0.85 USD in Burkina Faso. Evaluations showed that these interventions had high coverage and frequent exposure.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Impacts of a Social and Behavior Change Communication Program Implemented at Scale on Infant and Young Feeding Practices in Nigeria: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Evaluation
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Results showed weak impacts of the Alive & Thrive social and behavior change communication intervention on early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and minimum dietary diversity in Nigeria, but spillover of the intervention to the comparison group may have muted the results.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Development and Validation of a Health and Nutrition Module for the Project‐Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro‐WEAI+HN)
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingChild NutritionGenderInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal NutritionNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Adding a health- and nutrition-related agency module to the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) produced seven distinct indicators. Using these indicators could strengthen the evidence base about how nutrition-sensitive agricultural development programs enhance women's empowerment to improve health and nutrition.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
COVID-19, Nutrition, and Gender: An Evidence-Informed Approach to Gender-Responsive Policies and Programs
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
COVID-19Gender
Analyzing the impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls points to underlying gender inequities exacerbating health and nutrition outcomes in a crisis. It is essential to identify and advocate for more comprehensive upstream policies and programs to address such inequities.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Evidence on the Linkages Between Gender-Based Violence and Nutrition: Summary of Findings Specific to Adolescent Girls
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Adolescent NutritionAnemiaBreastfeedingChild NutritionEmergency NutritionGender
This literature review found limited research specifically investigating linkages between gender-based violence and nutrition outcomes among adolescent girls. Investing in research that disaggregates data by age is critical to understanding the experiences and specific needs of adolescent girls.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Getting It Right! Stepwise SBC Best Practice through User-Tested Tools
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
A suite of stepwise, user-tested tools to help programmers achieve high-quality nutrition SBC across the program cycle. Presented by Kelsey Torres, Specialist, USAID Advancing Nutrition and Amelia Giancarlo, Program Officer, USAID Advancing Nutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Women's Nutrition: A Summary Of Evidence, Policy and Practice Including Adolescent and Maternal Life Stages
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
GenderMaternal Nutrition
Malnutrition disproportionately affects women and girls, with more than 1 billion women globally experiencing at least one form of malnutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Less is More: Prioritizing Behaviors for Effective Multi-Sectoral Nutrition SBC
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for Nutrition
This session offers a donor’s perspective on prioritizing behaviors in multi-sectoral programs and how this works in practice. This session was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
The Keys to Quality SBC from Start to Finish: Practice with Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Interactive, hands-on workshop to learn and practice quality SBC processes using examples related to young children’s diets. This workshop was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Generating Demand for Healthy Diets: Practical Lessons from Private Sector Marketing
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Learn how to identify and apply insights from the private sector to generate demand for healthy diets. This workshop was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Learning from Health Providers: Quality Counseling for Child Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This poster includes recommendations from health workers in Ghana and Nepal to improve counseling during growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) services. This poster was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Learning from Experience: Findings from an SBC Review of USAID Development Food Security Activities
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for Nutrition
Shifts in how the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance supports partners to strengthen SBC based on a review of social and behavior change methods and approaches used in 11 programs carried out by the Office of Food for Peace. This poster was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition Presents at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
USAID Advancing Nutrition sponsored the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit from December 5–9, 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
What Does It Take to Provide Nurturing Care? Measuring Caregiver Resources
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Measures of caregiver resources—intangible resources linked to their own physical and psychological well-being—help to understand and improve program outcomes. This poster was presented at the 2022 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in December 2022.
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USAID Advancing Nutrition Participates in the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition
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Early Childhood DevelopmentFood SystemsMonitoring, Evaluation, and LearningNutrition and Health SystemsNutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
USAID Advancing Nutrition participated in the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) hosted by the International Union of Nutritional Sciences from December 6–11 in Tokyo, Japan.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Learning to Respond to Social Norms to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)Maternal Nutrition
By understanding social norms and engaging those who influence them, practitioners can better monitor and measure shifts that influence dietary practices. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Barriers and Facilitators in the Use of Iron and Folic Acid and Vitamin A Supplementation and Improving Dietary Practices: A Qualitative Study in Zinder and Maradi, Niger
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Maternal NutritionMicronutrient Interventions
To reduce micronutrient deficiencies and improve health in Niger, this formative research aimed to understand how to improve access to and use of iron-folic acid and vitamin A supplementation and dietary practices. This session was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Creating an Enabling Environment for Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: Two Country Case Study of Malawi and the Kyrgyz Republic
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Nutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
BreastfeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
To motivate increasing rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding, and duration, this poster shares country experiences building an enabling environment to help institutionalize the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. This poster was presented at the 22nd International Congress of Nutrition in December 2022.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Tools for Designing and Conducting Social and Behavior Change Evaluations
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for Nutrition
This short document provides practical tools for improving nutrition social and behavior change evaluations. It complements Measuring Social and Behavior Change in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators and Evaluating Social and Behavior Change Components of Nutrition Activities: A Design Guide for USAID Staff.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
The Neglect of Culture in Global Health Research and Practice
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Gender
Reframing research and interventions to ensure that they reflect the structure, roles, and resources of indigenous cultures is critical. Global research and funding institutions should support more culturally grounded research and programs to increase their relevance, effectiveness, and impact.