Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2019
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of Nutrition: Supplement
Abstract
The shortage of skilled, motivated, and well-supported health workers is a major barrier to scaling up nutrition interventions and services. Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the process for developing and implementing a training of health personnel for the delivery of the Integrated Strategy for Attention to Nutrition (EsIAN), an evidence-based strategy for promoting infant and young child feeding through primary health care in Mexico. The specific objective is to provide a case study and highlight challenges, as well as elements to successfully mitigate these, and discuss potential applications of findings beyond the Mexican context. Methods: The design and implementation of training followed a 5-phase process: situation analysis, formative research, large-scale feasibility study, redesign and scale up, and evaluation. We conducted document reviews, surveys, and focus groups during the first phases to inform and refine the training, as well as a pre- and posttraining telephone survey to evaluate change in knowledge. Results: The initial phases of the design provided a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges for promoting infant and young child feeding, as well as health workers' routines and practices, which informed training design. The feasibility study allowed tailoring and refinement of training. The vertical coherence and coordination between the federal and state levels during redesign and scale up facilitated compliance with training timeline and process. Evaluation results showed significant improvement in knowledge posttraining of up to 19 percentage points. Conclusions: The EsIAN training component for health providers was developed using a systematic approach to consolidate and generate relevant evidence, following an iterative process to test, learn, and improve both design and implementation. This process allowed for flexibility to take advantage of new opportunities and respond to findings from iterations. Garnering and ensuring political support allowed for continuity and sustainability of actions.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz203
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Gonzalez, Wendy; Bonvecchio Arenas, Anabelle; García-Guerra, Armando; Vilar-Compte, Mireya; de la Vega, Alejandría Villa; Quezada, Laura; Rosas, Cynthia; Lozada-Tequeanes, Ana Lilia; and Hernández, Amira, "An Iterative Process for Training Design and Implementation Increased Health Workers' Knowledge for Taking Nutrition Behavior Change to Scale" (2019). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 213.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/213
Published Citation
Gonzalez, Wendy, Anabelle Bonvecchio Arenas, Armando García-Guerra, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Alejandría Villa de la Vega, Laura Quezada, Cynthia Rosas, Ana Lilia Lozada-Tequeanes, and Amira Hernández. "An iterative process for training design and implementation increased health workers’ knowledge for taking nutrition behavior change to scale." The Journal of nutrition 149, no. Supplement_1 (2019): 2323S-2331S.
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