Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design

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dc.creatorChoufani, Jowel
dc.creatorKim, Sunny S.
dc.creatorNguyen, Phuong Hong
dc.creatorHeidkamp, Rebecca A.
dc.creatorGrummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
dc.creatorSaha, Kuntal K.
dc.creatorHayashi, Chika
dc.creatorMehra, Vrinda
dc.creatorAlayon, Silvia
dc.creatorMenon, Purnima
dc.date2020-05-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:11:05Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:11:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:30:57Z
dc.descriptionMost countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of counselling interventions are rarely available. As a result, little is known about the coverage of counselling on infant and young child feeding (IYCF). Survey‐based data collection systems generally collect data on IYCF practices but do not collect data on coverage of interventions to support IYCF, and those surveys that do collect this information do not do so consistently. We present a framework to guide the design of survey questions to measure IYCF counselling coverage. We provide examples of how large‐scale surveys for programme evaluation and national monitoring have included survey questions to address these data gaps. Our review suggests that elements relevant to designing survey questions to capture coverage of counselling interventions include timing of contact, target behaviour and message content, place of contact, type of service provider, frequency of contact and mode of intervention. Application of this framework may help strengthen harmonized measurement of IYCF counselling coverage to enable better tracking of programme investments, document progress in scaling up nutrition services and allow for cross‐country comparisons. Thus, improving measurement of counselling coverage may lead to improved reach of programmes to support optimal IYCF practices.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142796
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106633
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceChoufani, Jowel; Kim, Sunny S.; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Heidkamp, Rebecca A.; Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.; Saha, Kuntal K.; Hayashi, Chika; Mehra, Vrinda; Alayon, Silvia; and Menon, Purnima. 2020. Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design. Maternal and Child Nutrition 16(4): e13001. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001
dc.subjectinfants
dc.subjectdata
dc.subjectchild nutrition
dc.subjecttherapy
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectinfant feeding
dc.subjectchild feeding
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectbreastfeeding
dc.subjectnutritional requirements
dc.titleMeasuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
dc.typeJournal Article

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