ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2017
Using behavior change approaches to improve complementary feeding practices.
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- A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of a Food Hygiene Intervention in Low-Income Informal Neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- A Peer-Led Integrated Nutrition Education Intervention through Care Groups Improved Complementary Feeding of Infants in Postemergency Settlements in the West-Nile Region in Uganda: A Cluster Randomized Trial.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
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- Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
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- A Nutrition Behavior Change Program Moderately Improves Minimum Diet Diversity and Handwashing Behaviors Among Tea Workers in Assam and Tamil Nadu, India.Food and nutrition bulletin · 2022Article
- Spaces for women: Rethinking behavior change communication in the context of women's groups and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Engaging fathers to improve complementary feeding is acceptable and feasible in the Lake Zone, Tanzania.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
This paper applies an implementation framework, based on a behavior change model, to compare four case studies of complementary feeding programs. It aims to expand our understanding of how to design and implement behavior change interventions aimed at improving complementary feeding practices. Four programs met the selection criteria of scale and documented improvements: Bangladesh, Malawi, Peru, and Zambia. We examined commonalities and differences in the design and implementation of social and behavior change approaches, use of program delivery platforms, challenges encountered, and lessons learned. We conclude that complementary feeding practices, in particular dietary diversity, can be improved rapidly in a variety of settings using available program platforms if interventions focus on specific constraints to food access and use effective strategies to encourage caregivers to prepare and feed appropriate foods. A five-step process is presented that can be applied across a range of complementary feeding programs to strengthen their impacts.
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