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Childcare, Nutrition and Health in the Central Plateau of Haiti: The Role of Community, Household and Caregiver Resources
Childcare, Nutrition and Health in the Central Plateau of Haiti: The Role of Community, Household and Caregiver Resources presents the main findings of a baseline survey carried out as part of an IFPRI-Cornell University evaluation of World Vision International’s integrated maternal and child health program in Haiti’s Central Plateau. The goal of the overall study is to compare the recuperative approach to food supplementation, which targets malnourished children identified through regular growth monitoring activities, with the preventive approach, which targets all children six to 23 months in an attempt to prevent malnutrition rather than intervene once malnutrition is already established.
The first objective of the survey described in this report was to gather data on the nutritional status of all children involved in this comparative study, before implementing the assigned intervention packages in the respective communities. The second objective was to assess the various factors influencing response to and outcomes of the interventions, namely community, household, and caregiver characteristics and care practices for young children. The resulting information is used here to describe the context in which the study is undertaken and assess the comparability of the two program groups at baseline.
