Role of schools in community mobilisation to improve IYCF practices in 6-24-month-old tribal children in the Banswara district, India: findings from the qualitative PANChSHEEEL study.
Monica LakhanpaulSusrita RoyMarie-Carine LallHemant ChaturvediRajesh KhannaShereen AllahamIsabel-Cathérine DemelLorna BentonVirendra Kumar VijaySanjay SharmaNeha SantwaniSatya Prakash PattanaikTol SinghPramod PandyaPriyanka DangPriti Parikhnull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Schools have been shown to be functional platforms frequently visited and trusted by community members. With teachers and children as change agents, schools could represent a suitable setting for community mobilisation in future wider scale intervention studies. Expanding the supportive environment around schools will be essential to reinforce healthy IYCF practices in the long term.