USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Participants in a Peer-based Nutrition and Health Program in Zimbabwe Value Dialogue, Peer Support, and Tangible Action: A Qualitative Exploration of Peer Group Experiences
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionResilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA)
This manuscript describes community-based implementation research, and associated findings, which was conducted to learn how participants of a nutrition and health program define quality peer groups and how they suggest improving peer groups.
How Do Social and Behavioral Change Interventions Respond to Social Norms to Improve Women’s Diets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Scoping Review
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionGender
This comprehensive review summarizes influential norms and intervention approaches, an important step toward enhancing the effectiveness of social and behavioral change interventions by addressing nutrition-relevant norms.
Measuring The Intangible Resources Caregivers Need to Provide Nurturing Care During the Complementary Feeding Period: A Scoping Review In Low- And Lower-Middle-Income Countries
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Early Childhood DevelopmentResponsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF CounselingSocial and Behavior Change and GenderEarly Childhood Development
Caregivers require tangible (e.g. food and financial) and intangible resources to provide care to ensure child health, nutrition and development. Intangible resources include beliefs and knowledge, education, self-efficacy, perceived physical health, mental health, healthy stress levels, social support, empowerment, equitable gender attitudes, safety and security and time sufficiency.
Learning with Care Groups through Participatory Research in Malawi
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition partnered with Akule ndi Thanzi (“Let them grow healthy”), a USAID Malawi-funded nutrition project, to facilitate a participatory, user-centered research and design process to develop and test transferable solutions to improve the quality of peer support groups. The research aimed to contribute to global and national learning on peer support groups.
Learning with Care Groups through Human-Centered Design in Zimbabwe
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
USAID Advancing Nutrition partnered with Amalima Loko, a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance-funded Resilience Food Security Activity, to facilitate a participatory design process and to test transferable solutions to improve the quality of peer support groups using human-centered design.
Definición de las competencias del cambio socioconductual en la nutrición a nivel multisectorial
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Esta herramienta identifica 52 competencias sociales y de cambio de comportamiento -conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes- que el personal del proyecto debe demostrar para diseñar, implementar y evaluar los componentes de CBS de los programas de nutrición multisectoriales.
Supervisión del cambio socioconductual en la nutrición multisectorial
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Los responsables de programas de cambio social y de comportamiento en materia de nutrición pueden utilizar esta herramienta durante el diseño y la ejecución del programa para seleccionar indicadores, hacer un seguimiento de los progresos y realizar adaptaciones.
Outils pour la conception et la réalisation d'évaluations des changements sociaux et comportementaux
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Le changement social et comportemental (CSC) est un élément clé des activités nutritionnelles multisectorielles efficaces. Des évaluations de haute qualité des composantes de CSC sont essentielles pour identifier ce qui a bien fonctionné, ce qui aurait pu être fait différemment et comment améliorer la conception des programmes futurs.
Paramètres de changement social et comportemental pour les activités de résilience et de sécurité alimentaire pendant l'affinement et la mise en oeuvre
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionFood SecurityResilience
L'objectif de ce document est de décrire les attentes du Bureau de l'assistance humanitaire (BHA) de l'USAID sur la façon dont les partenaires de mise en oeuvre des activités de résilience et de sécurité alimentaire (RFSA) doivent aborder le changement social et comportemental (CSC) après l'attribution dans le cadre de l'approche d’affinement et de mise en oeuvre ou de tout autre processus de c
Note technique : Recherche formative pour la conception de programmes de changement social et comportemental
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionFood SecurityResilience
Ce document partage des considérations pour la planification de la recherche formative dans le cadre des activités de résilience et de sécurité alimentaire (RFSA) financées par le Bureau de l'assistance humanitaire (BHA) de l'USAID au cours de la période d'affinement.
Measuring the Intangible Resources Caregivers Need to Provide Nurturing Care during the Complementary Feeding Period: A Scoping Review in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionComplementary Feeding
Caregivers require tangible (e.g., food, financial) and intangible resources to provide care to ensure child health, nutrition, and development. Intangible resources include beliefs and knowledge, education, self-efficacy, perceived physical health, mental health, healthy stress levels, social support, empowerment, equitable gender attitudes, safety and security, and time sufficiency.
Barriers to Child Feeding during and After Illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results from a Qualitative Study through the Lens of Behavioral Science
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for NutritionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
For young children experiencing an illness, adequate nutrition is critical for recovery and to prevent malnutrition, yet many children do not receive the recommended quantities of food during illness and recuperation. Our research applied a behavioral science lens to identify drivers of feeding behaviors, including barriers inhibiting caregivers from following the feeding guidelines.
Do’s and Don’ts of Using Human-Centered Design Research in Resilience Food Security Activities
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
This brief provides an overview of human-centered design (HCD) as a participatory, user-centered research method and shares do’s and don’ts about selecting and using HCD.
Infant and Young Child Feeding, Responsive Care, and Early Learning Counselling Flow Chart for Child Welfare Services
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Early Childhood DevelopmentResponsive Care and Early Learning Addendum for IYCF CounselingSocial and Behavior Change and GenderInfant and Young Child Feeding RecommendationsBehavior Change for NutritionChild NutritionEarly Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
USAID Advancing Nutrition co-created this job aid with health workers in Ghana to improve their nutrition and early childhood development referrals.
Priorización de Conductas Nutricionales a Nivel Multisectorial
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Esta herramienta ayuda a los planificadores y ejecutores de programas de nutrición a lograr un cambio social y de comportamiento eficaz, centrándose en menos comportamientos. Las tablas y las instrucciones guían a los usuarios a través de los cuatro pasos necesarios para priorizar los comportamientos.
Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Las evaluaciones de programas desempeñan un papel fundamental en la mejora de la calidad y la determinación de la eficacia de las estrategias y los enfoques de cambio social y de comportamiento (CSC) necesarios para alcanzar los resultados de los programas de nutrición.
Social and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
Esta herramienta de fácil uso ayuda al personal del proyecto, a las oficinas nacionales, al personal de USAID y al personal de la Misión a la hora de diseñar, implementar y evaluar programas de cambio social y de comportamiento para la nutrición multisectorial.
Lista de competencias de los trabajadores de salud comunitarios para el cambio socioconductual en nutrición
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Social and Behavior Change and GenderResilience
Este recurso identifica 38 competencias que es importante que demuestren los trabajadores comunitarios de la salud (TCS) para llevar a cabo actividades de cambio social y de comportamiento (CSC) de alta calidad para mejorar la nutrición.
Annex: Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Strategic Focus Document of the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior Change for Nutrition
This annex to the Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Strategic Focus Document developed by USAID Advancing Nutrition, the Agency’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, with three USAID bureaus, offers special considerations for the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).