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Apr 12, 2021 · This guidance document provides tools for the collection and calculation of the indicators. It is intended for use by managers of large-scale population-based surveys that will collect information on the status of feeding practices among infants and young children less than 2 years of age.
- Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices
indicators for assessing breastfeeding and complementary...
- Infant and young child feeding - World Health Organization (WHO)
The caring practice indicators for feeding infants and young...
- Infant and young child feeding - World Health Organization
support to initiate and sustain appropriate infant and young...
- Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices
indicators for assessing breastfeeding and complementary feeding that were agreed by WHO, UNICEF and partners in 2007 (2). It presents information on infant and young child feeding prac-tices for 46 countries for which data were available in Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2002 and 2008.
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The caring practice indicators for feeding infants and young children that are available on the NLiS country profiles include: proportion of children aged 0-23 months who were put to the breast within 1 hour of birth; proportion of infants under 6 months who are exclusively breastfed;
Mar 17, 2008 · This report summarizes the discussion and con sensus reached on 8 core indicators and 7 optional indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices that are population-based and can be derived from household survey data.
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices: definitions and measurement methods. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2021.
support to initiate and sustain appropriate infant and young child feeding practices. Health care profession-als can play a critical role in providing that support, through influencing decisions about feeding practices among mothers and families. Therefore, it is critical for health professionals to have basic knowledge and
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The UNICEF and WHO Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) have released updated indicator guidance on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among children under 2 years of age for use in household surveys.
