Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2018
Process evaluation improves delivery of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture programme in Burkina Faso.
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- What do we want to get out of this? a critical interpretive synthesis of the value of process evaluations, with a practical planning framework.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Pooled it
- Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programme impacts on time use and associations with nutrition outcomes.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
- Process evaluation improves delivery of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture programme in Burkina Faso.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Trial
- The Multiple Dimensions of Participation: Key Determinants of Nutrition Intervention Outcomes.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Behaviour change interventions improve maternal and child nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Understanding the effects of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutrition in rural Odisha, India: A mixed-methods process evaluation.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Home-Grown School Feeding: Implementation Lessons From a Pilot in a Poor Ethnic Minority Community in Vietnam.Food and nutrition bulletin · 2022Article
- Beneficiary and Local Stakeholder Participation in Community-Based Nutrition Interventions.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- Are home gardening programs a sustainable way to improve nutrition? Lessons from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Rufiji, Tanzania.Food policy · 2022Article
- Qualitative evidence for improved caring, feeding and food production practices after nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions in rural Vietnam.Agriculture & food security · 2022Article
- Pathways to Diverse Diets-a Retrospective Analysis of a Participatory Nutrition-Sensitive Project in Kenya.Current developments in nutrition · 2021Article
- Fathers and grandmothers experiences participating in nutrition peer dialogue groups in Vihiga County, Kenya.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
Evidence is emerging from rigorous evaluations about the effectiveness of nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes in improving nutritional outcomes. Additional evidence can elucidate how different programme components and pathways contribute and can be optimized for impact. The International Food Policy Research Institute, with Helen Keller International, designed a comprehensive framework to evaluate the delivery, utilization, and impact of Helen Keller International's enhanced homestead food production programme in Burkina Faso. After 18 months of implementation, a process evaluation was conducted to examine programme impact pathways, using key informant and semistructured interviews with implementing agents and beneficiaries, and with residents of control communities. Data were analyzed by International Food Policy Research Institute and reviewed with project managers and partners through multiple workshops to identify opportunities to strengthen implementation. Findings illuminated gaps between intended and actual delivery schemes, including input constraints, knowledge gaps among community agents in agriculture and young child nutrition practices, and lower than expected activity by community volunteers. In response, staff developed measures to overcome water constraints and expand vegetable and poultry production, retrained volunteers in certain techniques of food production and counselling for nutrition behaviour change, added small incentives to motivate volunteers, and shaped both immediate and long-term changes to the programme model. Working closely with International Food Policy Research Institute on the evaluation activities also expanded the repertoire of research methods and skills of Helen Keller International staff. Process evaluation can strengthen programme delivery, utilization, and design. Collaboration between researchers and implementers can improve programme effectiveness, project staff capacity, and advance delivery science.
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