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Mothering Self-Efficacy Scale
The scale measures the extent to which mothers perceive themselves to be a competent mother. It was adapted from Parenting Sense of Competence Scale and the Parenting Self-Agency Measure.
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Perceived Time Stress
This is a scale on perceived time stress that was developed as part of a larger survey of maternal capabilities among women participating in research on nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions.
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PedsQL Family Impact Module
The PedsQL™ Family Impact Module measures parents' self-reported physical, emotional, social, and cognitive functioning; communication; and worry.
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Parenting Stress Index Short Form
The index assesses three areas of stress in the parent–child relationship: (a) child characteristics, (b) parent characteristics, and (c) stress stemming from situational or demographic conditions.
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Distress Scale
Assesses symptoms of anxiety, depression, nervousness, and stress over the previous week.
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Maternal Self-Efficacy Scale
Measures mothers’ perceived beliefs regarding their performance of specific caregiving tasks, designed to be highly situation- or domain specific.
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS): Attitudes Toward Wife-Beating Scale
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are household surveys to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women.
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Conflict Tactics Scale
The Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus 1979, 1990) measures the extent to which partners in a relationship engage in concrete acts and events of psychological, physical, or sexual attacks on each other; the consequences of the attacks; and partners’ use of reasoning or negotiation to deal with conflicts.
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Perceived Physical Health Survey
Adapted from the Rand 36-item Health Survey (Hays et al. 1993). The RAND-36 is a widely used health-related quality of life survey instrument that assesses eight health concepts: physical functioning, role limitations caused by physical health problems, role limitations caused by emotional problems, social functioning, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue, pain, and general health perceptions.
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DHS Women’s Empowerment Module: Attitudes Toward Wife-Beating Scale
The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) includes a module on women’s empowerment. DHS are nationally-representative household surveys that provide data on population, health, and nutrition.
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Gender Equitable Men (GEM) Scale
To measure attitudes toward gender norms in intimate relationships or differing social expectations for men and women through two subscales: equitable and inequitable norms.
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Gender Norm Attitudes Scale
Gender attitudes refers to views held by individuals regarding the roles that men and women and boys and girls should play in society.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Illustrative Behaviors to Improve Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture
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Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of PracticeSocial and Behavior Change and Gender
Behavior Change for NutritionNutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Food systems are the backbone of global diets. This tool provides an illustrative list of evidence-based nutrition-sensitive behaviors to spark ideas and discussion among activity designers and implementers. While this list can be used as a standalone resource, it also serves as a companion piece to USAID’s Designing Effective Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities Guide.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
Situational Analysis of Early Childhood Care and Development Services in Ghana
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Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Development
Ghana has made strong political commitments to improve children’s development, though 45 percent of children in the country are at risk of not meeting their developmental potential due to stunting or extreme poverty.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Democratic Republic of the Congo Fact Sheet
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WastingEmergency Nutrition
This two-page fact sheet describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's support to a wide range of nutrition stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the government, implementing partners, and United Nations agencies to better understand and document ways to strengthen the quality and continuity of interventions to treat and prevent wasting in children under five.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
USAID Advancing Nutrition Project Fact Sheet
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Knowledge Management
USAID Advancing Nutrition strengthens nutrition investments of USAID, providing support and technical assistance to USAID Missions, governments, and partners at local, regional, and national levels and as they improve nutritional status and health outcomes around the world.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Fathers’ Complementary Feeding Support Strengthens the Association Between Mothers’ Decision-Making Autonomy and Optimal Complementary Feeding in Nigeria
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
Complementary Feeding
High levels of fathers’ support in Nigeria strengthened the association between mothers’ decision-making autonomy and minimum meal frequency, minimum acceptable diet, and feeding children fish.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Taking a Food Systems Approach to Policymaking: A Resource for Policymakers
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Food Systems
BreastfeedingFood SafetyGender
Resources explore potential entry points and ways to identify and engage relevant stakeholders and provide practical ideas to improve food systems’ ability to improve nutrition and health.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Child Alert: Severe Wasting
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Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts
WastingAdolescent NutritionCOVID-19Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Donors should fully fund the scale-up of early prevention and treatment, provide multi-year funding, and ensure that budgets include ready-to-use therapeutic food allocations. Governments should integrate early prevention and treatment programs into national primary health and nutrition care systems and services—and protect child nutrition investments from budget cuts.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review
Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries
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Food Systems
COVID-19Food SecurityNutrition Sensitive AgriculturePrivate-Sector Engagement
Agriculture digitalization is important to leverage the benefits of digital technologies to transform societies, improve livelihoods, and eradicate poverty. The report identifies countries’ current status by assessing infrastructure, digital penetration, policies and regulations, the business environment, human capital, and agro-innovation.