Table 5 Programmatic recommendations to minimize negative outcomes in future BFCI programs
Stakeholder | Outcome | Recommendations |
|---|---|---|
Mothers | Outcome 1.1: Increased expenditure on nutritious food and/or health care | Provide social protection measures or empowerment for food and healthcare. |
Outcome 1.2: More worried mother due to loss in baby weight and poor health | Provide targeted counselling around complementary feeding introduction. | |
Outcome 1.9: Less income due to job loss | Provide small subsidy such as cash transfer or empowerment of women for baby friendly income generating activities. Advocate for maternity leave benefits. | |
Children | Outcome 2.2: Less healthy baby due to difficulty in introducing complementary feeding | Provide targeted counselling around complementary feeding introduction. |
Healthcare providers | Outcome 6.2: Increased workload due to increased referrals and mothers seeking child checkups | Provide extra staff and support via Ministry of Health. |
CHVs | Outcome 7.2: Increased stress due to the difficulties posed by the work | Provide support to vulnerable mothers and children via social protection measure or financial empowerment. Provide psycho social support to CHVs. |
Data collectors | Outcome 8.4: Financial strain due to financial aid given to vulnerable mothers | Provide support to vulnerable mothers and children via social protection measure or financial empowerment. Provide psycho social support to data collectors. |
Day care centers | Outcome 9.1: Increased stress due to increased enrollment without increased financial gains | Provide small subsidy for food and hygiene or microfinance services. |
Outcome 9.2: Increased in expenditure due to improved hygiene and nutritious food provided | Provide small subsidy for food and hygiene or microfinance services. |