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.
Interviews assessed caregiver workload based on recall over the previous six months. This tool was developed by researchers to ask caregivers to report time spent on domestic tasks, agricultural work, handicrafts, drying vegetables, and leisure.
Maternal Self-Efficacy for Complementary Feeding Scale
The Maternal Self-Efficacy for Complementary Feeding (MSE-CF) scale is composed of four questions related to maternal self-efficacy for (1) feeding family-cooked foods, (2) avoiding feeding store-bought snacks, (3) being able to decide the types of foods fed to the child, and (4) raising a healthy child.
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.
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.
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.
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are household surveys to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women.
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.
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.
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.
To measure attitudes toward gender norms in intimate relationships or differing social expectations for men and women through two subscales: equitable and inequitable norms.
Illustrative Behaviors to Improve Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture
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Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of PracticeSocial and Behavior Change and GenderBehavior 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.
Situational Analysis of Early Childhood Care and Development Services in Ghana
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Early Childhood DevelopmentEarly 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 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 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.
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 GenderComplementary 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.