Use of concurrent evaluation to improve implementation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh: a methodological innovation.

Public Health Nutrition
Haribondhu SarmaTahmeed Ahmed

Abstract

This paper focuses on the use of 'concurrent evaluation' to evaluate a nationally scaled-up programme in Bangladesh that was implemented by BRAC (an international development organisation) using Shasthya Shebika (SS) - volunteer community health workers - to promote home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) for children under-five. We developed a programme impact pathway to conceptualise the implementation and evaluation strategy and developed a strategic partnership among the key programme stakeholders for better use of evaluation evidence. We developed a multi-method concurrent evaluation strategy to provide insights into the BRAC programme and created provision for course correction to the implementation plan while it was in operation. One hundred sixty-four sub-districts and six urban slums in Bangladesh. Caregivers of children 6-59 months, SS and BRAC's staff members. The evaluation identified low awareness about home fortification among caregivers, inadequate supply and frequent MNP stockouts, and inadequate skills of BRAC's SS to promote MNP at the community level as hindrances to the achievement of programme goals. The partners regularly discussed evaluation results during and after implementation activities t...Continue Reading

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Aug 8, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Luis Salvador-CarullaSue Lukersmith

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