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Social and Behaviour Change Interventions for Promoting Complementry Feeding

Social and Behaviour Change Interventions for Promoting Complementry Feeding

Under Call to Action, Population Council in partnership with UNICEF and USAID conducted an evidence review to identify key social and behaviour change (SBC) strategies and health outcomes supporting child survival in the South Asia region, especially in India. The policy brief encapsulates the results of the evidence review on interventions that could lead to timely and appropriate complementary feeding practices. These include: o Building capacity of government community health workers to promote improved complementary feeding practices through interpersonal communication o Implement community-based initiatives through government systems (ICDS centres, VHNDs) o Provide timely counselling to promote complementary feeding practices o Supportive supervision of community health workers Some of the key policy recommendations of the review include, improving governance for nutrition, enhancing counselling at individual level and regular weighing and use of growth chart as communication

Medium
Other
Languages
English
Programme Category
Training
Programme Subcategory
Social and Behaviour Change
Uploaded Date
13-May-2021
Created Date
27-May-2017
Ref. No.
T/SABC/1430
File size
0.51 MB
Artwork Accessibility
Yes
Keywords
Policy brief evidence review social and behaviour change communication complimentary feeding

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