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ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2020

The Role of the Opinion Leader Research Process in Informing Policy Making for Improved Nutrition: Experience and Lessons Learned in Southeast Asia.

Amy Weissman, Tuan T Nguyen, Hoa T Nguyen, Roger Mathisen

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Article in Current developments in nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amy WeissmanFHI 360, Asia Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-3500
Tuan T NguyenAlive & Thrive Southeast Asia, FHI 360, Hanoi, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0002-0737-430X
Hoa T NguyenInstitute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6486-5108
Roger MathisenAlive & Thrive Southeast Asia, FHI 360, Hanoi, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0002-4475-8716
Family Health International 360 · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opinion leader research (OLR) has been widely used in public health to identify influential persons or organizations to affect health care practice, inform policy-making processes, and help shape communication strategies. We used OLR to gather information related to barriers and possible solutions to guide strategic engagement for strengthening policy making for improved maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices in 5 Southeast Asian countries-Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Thailand. In most countries, MIYCN policies and policymaker interest exist, but effective implementation and/or enforcement of current policies is weak. This article aims to share our experience in and lessons learned from using OLR as an advocacy tool: It helped identify opinion leaders with interest and influence to affect nutrition-related policies, it raised opinion leaders' interest in MIYCN, and it identified themes that would help generate political priority setting. Based on our experience, we recommend OLR as a strategic activity for informing and generating support for MIYCN policy-making processes.

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breastfeedingnutritionopinion leaderpolicy advocacypolicy makingSoutheast Asia

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PMID32551413
PMCPMC7293205
OpenAlexW3028106137

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