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Utilities for Calculating Infant and Young Child Feeding Indicators
Description
The first 1,000 days of life (from pregnancy to a child’s 2nd birthday) are
critical for addressing childhood malnutrition, especially stunting. Infant
and young child feeding practices (IYCF) largely overlap with this period as
they cover breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices for the first
two years of a child’s life. They also have a significant impact on childhood
health, nutrition outcomes, and child survival. It is, therefore, critical
for countries to measure IYCF practices as part of their efforts to monitor
their progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 2. It is also important
for development agencies to be able to monitor and evaluate their programs
aimed at improving infant and young child feeding practices towards improved
overall childhood nutrition.
Details
WHO and UNICEF released the first IYCF indicators definition and measurement
guidelines in 2008. In 2021, these guidelines were updated along with a
revised standard questionnaire to capture the information required to
calculate the updated IYCF indicators since the first initial publication.
In general, the IYCF indicators can be categorized into three main
categories: (1) breastfeeding indicators, (2) complementary indicators, and
(3) other indicators, which are focused on bottle-feeding practices and the
generation of data visualization plots for the breastfeeding status by age.
Author(s)
Maintainer: Nicholus Tint Zaw nicholustintzaw@katilingban.io [copyright holder]
Authors:
Ernest Guevarra ernest@guevarra.io (ORCID) [copyright holder]
Other contributors:
Rebecca Wolfe [reviewer]
See Also
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Utilities for Calculating Infant and Young Child Feeding Indicators
Description
The first 1,000 days of life (from pregnancy to a child’s 2nd birthday) are critical for addressing childhood malnutrition, especially stunting. Infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) largely overlap with this period as they cover breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices for the first two years of a child’s life. They also have a significant impact on childhood health, nutrition outcomes, and child survival. It is, therefore, critical for countries to measure IYCF practices as part of their efforts to monitor their progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 2. It is also important for development agencies to be able to monitor and evaluate their programs aimed at improving infant and young child feeding practices towards improved overall childhood nutrition.
Details
WHO and UNICEF released the first IYCF indicators definition and measurement guidelines in 2008. In 2021, these guidelines were updated along with a revised standard questionnaire to capture the information required to calculate the updated IYCF indicators since the first initial publication. In general, the IYCF indicators can be categorized into three main categories: (1) breastfeeding indicators, (2) complementary indicators, and (3) other indicators, which are focused on bottle-feeding practices and the generation of data visualization plots for the breastfeeding status by age.
Author(s)
Maintainer: Nicholus Tint Zaw nicholustintzaw@katilingban.io [copyright holder]
Authors:
Ernest Guevarra ernest@guevarra.io (ORCID) [copyright holder]
Other contributors:
Rebecca Wolfe [reviewer]
See Also
Useful links:
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