Alive & Thrive: “Can we scale up nutrition?”

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Can we scale up infant and young child

feeding programs?

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Yes! We can scale up

Interpersonal: 3.7 million mothers Mass media:

Bangladesh ~6.5 million

Ethiopia 2 million

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Yes! We can change behaviors

Increased exclusive breastfeeding

*A&T intensive areas only

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More diverse complementary feeding

Yes! We can change behaviors

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Overview

• A&T Framework for scaling up nutrition • A&T design for measurement, learning &

evaluation • Early results: What we’ve learned about what

it takes to be: – Scalable – Effective

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A&T Framework for scaling up

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Changing social norms, engaging people throughout society

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A&T measurement, learning & evaluation

(MLE)

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Key research questions

• What impact did A&T have on IYCF practices and stunting? – A&T-intensive vs. mass media only

• How was this impact achieved? – Reach – Quality – Intensity – Cost

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Measurement, learning & evaluation at a glance: Viet Nam

Overall A&T evaluation, Bangladesh Cluster randomized design (cRCT)

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What have we learned?

SCALABLE EFFECTIVE

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What we’ve learned about how to reach

SCALE

SCALE: Think big, really big

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BRAC contacts in a single month, Bangladesh

Viet Nam

Reach varied in different contexts Interpersonal counseling

Mass media

92% 73% 45%

62% 30% 85%

Bangladesh Ethiopia

2013 data

What we’ve learned about how to be

EFFECTIVE Intensity matters

More than mothers Focus on drivers of behavior

What we’ve learned about how to be

EFFECTIVE Intensity matters

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Intensity matters

Dramatic increase in exclusive breastfeeding

Preliminary findings, Viet Nam

Source: Nguyen PH, et al. Program impact pathway analysis of a social franchise model shows potential to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Viet Nam. Journal of Nutrition (in press).

Intensity matters

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What we’ve learned about how to be

EFFECTIVE More than mothers

Changing social norms, engaging people throughout society

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Bangladesh TV spot

http://aliveandthrive.org/resources/tv-spot-perception-of-insufficient-milk-bangladesh/

What we’ve learned about how to be

EFFECTIVE Focus on drivers of behavior

Behavior change model, Viet Nam

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Supportive environment

What we’ve learned about effective: Changing behavioral determinants

• Beliefs about outcomes – Does not believe exclusively breastfed infant will

be thirsty (OR=1.54) • Perceptions of social norms

– Most women like me feed their infants only breastmilk (OR=1.77)

• Self-efficacy – My breastmilk is good enough to nourish my

infant for 6 months (OR=1.78)

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Trends in behavioral determinants

Believes her BM is enough Believes EBF for 6m is the norm Does not believe exclusively BF infant will be thirsty

Behavioral determinants have improved

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n=2,305 (Aug 11); n=2,065 (Oct 12); n=2,321 (May 13); n=2,593 (Oct 13)

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Self-efficacy

Social norm

Belief about outcome

SCALABLE EFFECTIVE

Intens ity More than mothers

Behavioral determinants

At the deep dive… How can we help countries scale up NOW?

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