Process evaluation improves delivery of a nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programme in Burkina Faso
| Autor: | Fanny Yago-Wienne, Deanna K. Olney, Marcellin Ouedraogo, Hippolyte Rouamba, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Jennifer N. Nielsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Agricultural 0301 basic medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Nutrition sensitive agriculture Health Behavior Control (management) Nutritional Status Food Supply Nutrition Policy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Burkina Faso Cluster Analysis Humans Production (economics) Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medical education 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Malnutrition Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Obstetrics and Gynecology Original Articles language.human_language Diet Incentive Socioeconomic Factors Agriculture Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Food policy language Food processing Female Process evaluation business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Matern Child Nutr |
| ISSN: | 1740-8709 1740-8695 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mcn.12573 |
| Popis: | 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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