Identifying and addressing barriers to and enablers of animal source feeding to children

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The Designing for Behavior Change Framework is an effective barrier analysis tool to assess and identify food consumption determinants. Consumption of animal-source food for children aged 8–23 months is constrained by the unavailability of ASFs, lack of financial means to purchase, lack of support from household members and perceived negative consequences. Consumption of animal-source food by children aged 8–23 months is enabled by access through household-level animal rearing, proximity to points of sale, and household and community support. An integrated nutrition-sensitive and gender-transformative animal-based food production approach could increase equitable access to and utilization of animal-source foods.

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