Understanding Implementation and Improving Nutrition Interventions: Barriers and Facilitators of Using Data Strategically to Inform the Implementation of Maternal Nutrition in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Melissa F YoungAhad BootwalaShivani KachwahaRasmi AvulaSebanti GhoshPraveen Kumar SharmaVishal Dev ShastriThomas ForissierPurnima MenonPhuong H NguyenPublished in: Current developments in nutrition (2021)
The use of data for decision making is critical for supporting intervention planning and providing targeted supervision and support for FLWs. Despite intensive data-collection efforts, the use of data to inform decision making remains limited. Collaboration facilitated data collection and use, but structural barriers such as staff vacancies need to be addressed to improve the implementation of maternal nutrition interventions.