Measures and indicators for assessing impact of interventions integrating nutrition, health, and early childhood development

When implementing interventions integrating nutrition, health, and early childhood development, evaluation studies of effectiveness that assess the intermediate and ultimate impacts on the four domains of food and nutrition, family care, health, and child development are needed. Such studies should...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2014-01, Vol.1308 (1), p.68-88
Main Authors: Frongillo, Edward A., Tofail, Fahmida, Hamadani, Jena D., Warren, Andrea M., Mehrin, Syeda F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Child Development
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child, Preschool
Construction
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
early childhood
Early Intervention (Education)
Early Medical Intervention
Eating
family care
Feasibility
Female
Food Supply
Foods
Health
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Indicators
integrated interventions
Male
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Parent-Child Relations
Program Evaluation
Search process
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Summary:When implementing interventions integrating nutrition, health, and early childhood development, evaluation studies of effectiveness that assess the intermediate and ultimate impacts on the four domains of food and nutrition, family care, health, and child development are needed. Such studies should demonstrate impact, both benefits and potential harms, and understand mechanisms through which impact has been achieved. This article reviews and suggests measures and indicators suitable for use in evaluation studies of effectiveness of integrated interventions for children under 5 years of age. Within each of the four domains, multiple constructs and subconstructs were considered. For each construct and subconstruct, we identified measures and indicators, using several search processes, and reviewed them in relation to validity, responsiveness to intervention inputs and activities, equivalence in constructs and items across contexts with appropriate adaptation, and feasibility for use in effectiveness studies. Suggested measures and indicators for each domain, construct, and subconstruct are tabulated and described. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of measures and indicators across domains and constructs, further research establishing validity, and guidance on adaptation of measures to particular contexts.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/nyas.12319