Community-level perceptions of drivers of change in nutrition: Evidence from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Interviewed community members and frontline workers in 6 countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
Interviews were conducted with mothers, other community members and health workers to understand changes in health and nutrition practices, nutrition-specific interventions, underlying drivers and nutrition-sensitive interventions, and life conditions. Overall, the need for basic improvements in livelihood opportunities and infrastructure are solidly underscored. Nutrition-specific and sensitive changes represented in most cases by deliberate government or NGO supported community interventions are rolling out at a mixed and uneven pace, but are having some significant impacts where solidly implemented.
This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s by the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme
Citation
Nicholas Nisbett, Mara van den Bold, Stuart Gillespie, Purnima Menon, et al. Community-level perceptions of drivers of change in nutrition: Evidence from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Global Food Security Volume 13, June 2017, Pages 74-82