What is it about?
To inform programme implementation for improving child nutrition, the primary objective of this study was to explore the multi-dimensional behavioural determinants of animal-source foods in complementary feeding for childrenin the programme area.
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Why is it important?
A barrier analysis using the Designing for Behavior Change Framework was conducted in Bandarban district with participants from 4 ethnic groups, to explore potential barriers and motivators of animal-source food consumption in complementary feeding.
Perspectives
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.
Chowdhury Abdullah Al Asif
Helen Keller International
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This page is a summary of: Use of designing for behaviour change framework in identifying and addressing barriers to and enablers of animal source feeding to children ages 8–23 months in Bandarban Hill District in Bangladesh: Implications for a nutrition‐sensitive agriculture pr..., Maternal and Child Nutrition, January 2023, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13472.
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