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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Nutrition capacity development: A practice framework
Public Health Nutrition, Volume 17, No. 3, Year 2014
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Abstract Objective To outline a framework and a process for assessing the needs for capacity development to achieve nutrition objectives, particularly those targeting maternal and child undernutrition. Design Commentary and conceptual framework. Setting Low- and middle-income countries. Result A global movement to invest in a package of essential nutrition interventions to reduce maternal and child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries is building momentum. Capacity to act in nutrition is known to be minimal in most low- and middle-income countries, and there is a need for conceptual clarity about capacity development as a strategic construct and the processes required to realise the ability to achieve population nutrition and health objectives. The framework for nutrition capacity development proposed recognises capacity to be determined by a range of factors across at least four levels, including system, organisational, workforce and community levels. This framework provides a scaffolding to guide systematic assessment of capacity development needs which serves to inform strategic planning for capacity development. Conclusions Capacity development is a critical prerequisite for achieving nutrition and health objectives, but is currently constrained by ambiguous and superficial conceptualisations of what capacity development involves and how it can be realised. The current paper provides a framework to assist this conceptualisation, encourage debate and ongoing refinement, and progress capacity development efforts. © The Authors 2013.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shrimpton, Roger
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Hughes, Roger M.
Australia, Gold Coast
Bond University
Recine, Elisabetta
Brazil, Brasilia
Universidade de Brasília
Mason, John B.
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Sanders, David M.
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Marks, Geoffrey Christopher
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Margetts, Barrie M.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S1368980013001213
e-ISSN:
14752727
Research Areas
Food Security
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study