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Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Interventions Have Sustained Impacts on Infant and Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices – Results of a 2-Year Follow-Up Study in Bangladesh (The Journal of Nutrition, 148:10, 2018)

February 4, 2019

Sustained improvements in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) require continued implementation of effective interventions. From 2010–2014, Alive & Thrive (A&T) provided intensive interpersonal counseling (IPC), community mobilization (CM), and mass media (MM) in Bangladesh, demonstrating impact on IYCF practices. Since 2014, implementation has been continued and scaled up by national partners with support from other donors and with modifications such as added focus on maternal nutrition and reduced program intensity.

The authors assessed changes in intervention exposure and IYCF knowledge and practices in the intensive (IPC + CM + MM) compared with nonintensive areas (standard nutrition counseling + less intensive CM and MM) 2 y after termination of initial external donor support.

Conclusions: Continued IPC exposure and sustained impacts on IYCF knowledge and practices in intensive areas indicated lasting benefits from A&T’s interventions as they underwent major scale-up with reduced intensity.
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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Bangladesh, Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Health, Nutrition, Research Papers, Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), Maternal nutrition, Monitoring and Evaluation

UK C4D Network Chapter Meet-Up on 28 March in London or via Skype

March 28, 2018

Our next C4D Network UK Meet-Up will take place on Wednesday 28 March in London. Nicola Harford and Mary Myers will lead an informal session on ‘External evaluation and review of media and communications for development: experiences and insights’.

Nicola and Mary have conducted many assignments for donors and NGOs including mid-term and annual reviews of programmes e.g. BBC Media Action’s Global Grant and Governance and Transparency Fund project, and end evaluations for Internews projects in Kenya and Myanmar; the Tanzanian Media Fund; Life and Peace Institute; SDC and Search for Common Ground in the Great Lakes Region, and Foundation Hirondelle in Mali.

Members and interested friends are welcome to join us in person or via Skype.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 28 March

Time: 12.30pm -2:00pm (BST)

Venue Room M211, Marylebone Building, Marylebone Campus (University of Westminster), 35 Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5LS (https://bit.ly/1QU3GtU) Attendees will be guided to the meeting room from reception.

To join via Skype: please contact [email protected] by 10 am Wednesday 28 March

Come and share your own experiences or learn more about conducting evaluations and reviews (and do bring your own lunch!). As usual, all are welcome so please do bring interested friends and colleagues.

Tagged With: Monitoring and Evaluation

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