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This report presents the findings of an operations research study conducted to assess the implementation of the Government of Bangladesh's National Nutrition Services Program (NNS) and to identify the achievements, determine the bottlenecks that adversely impact these achievements, and highlight potential solutions to ensure smooth delivery of the program. A mixed methods research approach was used to evaluate five major domains of the program: management and support services; training and capacity development; service delivery; monitoring and evaluation, and; exposure to interventions. The study found that the overall NNS effort is an ambitious, but valuable approach to support nutrition actions through an existing health system with diverse platforms. The results indicate that although the maintenance of strong and stable leadership of NNS is an essential element to ensure integrated and well-coordinated comprehensive service delivery for the line directorate, the current arrangement is unable to ensure effective implementation and coordination of NNS. Focusing on some of the critical challenges related to leadership and coordination in the first instance, and on embedding a small core set of interventions into well-matched (for scale, target populations, and potential for impact) health system delivery platforms is most likely to help achieve scale and impact. Strategic investments in ensuring transparency, engaging available technical partners for monitoring and implementation support, and not shying away from other potential high coverage outreach platforms like some NGO platforms also could prove fruitful. Moreover, although the Government of Bangladesh, and the health system in particular, must lead the effort to deliver for nutrition, it is clear that development partners who have expressed a commitment to nutrition must coordinate their own activities and provide the support that can deliver on nutrition's potential for Bangladesh.

This action plan continues the practical implementation of the Northern Territory Food and Nutrition Policy 1996 and 5 Year Strategic Plan. The policy and strategic plan were developed after extensive consultation and in partnership with representatives from Government, the food industry, community organisations and consumers. Its overarching goal is to improve nutritional status and the health of all Territorians, and to reduce the burden of diet-related early death, illness and disability.

This action plan continues the practical implementation of the Northern Territory Food and Nutrition Policy 1996 and 5 Year Strategic Plan. The policy and strategic plan were developed after extensive consultation and in partnership with representatives from Government, the food industry, community organisations and consumers. Its overarching goal is to improve nutritional status and the health of all Territorians, and to reduce the burden of diet-related early death, illness and disability. ; Date:2006

Three approaches are suggested for identifying patterns of policy regarding nutrition which describe national experiences in terms that can be studied, compared, & accumulated. Evidence of these patterns is still essentially anecdotal but standard policy histories may be used to test & enrich the hypothesized relationships among policy variables. Drawing on experiences in the Phillippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Jamaica, & Columbia, an analysis is offered of: (1) sequences of decision making & the coalitions of actors involved in setting nutrition policy, (2) the impact of 'target group' identification on program operations, & (3) the three major subsystems of decisions that must be made in order to design & implement programs aimed at improving the nutritional status of the poor. A description of the functions a policy analysis unit might perform in converting such findings to a basis for decision making is also included. Modified HA.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) reviewed two major AmeriCorps programs--AmeriCorps State/National and AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); (2) compared cost data for NCCC with similar data from the Department of Labor's Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) and reasons for any major differences; (3) compared AmeriCorps participant benefits with those afforded entry-level military personnel; and (4) described information available on the results of AmeriCorps programs."

At head of title: 93d Congress, 2d session. Committee print. ; Forbes, A. L. The role of the Food and Drug Administration in the nutritional quality of foods.--Munro, H. N. Impact of nutritional research on human health and survival.--Sabry, Z. I. Nutrition Canada.--Senti, F. R. Nutrition awareness in the USDA.--Weir, C. E. Benefits from human nutrition research.--Smithsonian Science Information Exchange. Federally sponsored human nutrition projects and programs. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Intro -- CHILD NUTRITION AND THE WIC PROGRAM -- CHILD NUTRITION AND THE WIC PROGRAM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHILD NUTRITION AND WIC PROGRAMS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- SCHOOL LUNCH AND SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS -- SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (THE WIC PROGRAM) -- DAY CARE, SUMMER, AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS -- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) -- Summer Food Service Program -- After-School Programs -- OTHER CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES -- Chapter 2 THE WIC PROGRAM: BACKGROUND, TRENDS, AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, 2009 EDITION -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOLEDGMENTS -- SUMMARY -- What Is the Issue? -- What Did the Study Find? -- How Was the Study Conducted? -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF THE WIC PROGRAM -- Participant Eligibility -- Categorical Eligibility -- Residential Eligibility -- Income Eligibility -- Nutritional Risk -- Participant Benefits -- Supplemental Food Package -- Nutrition Education -- Referrals to Health Care and Social Services -- Food Delivery Systems -- WIC Vendors -- The WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program -- Administration of WIC -- Priority System -- Cost-Containment Measures -- LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY HISTORY OF THE WIC PROGRAM -- The 1960s and 1970s: Establishment of the WIC Program -- The 1980s and 1990s: WIC Expands -- 2000 to the Present: Recent Developments -- PROGRAM TRENDS -- WIC Expenditures -- Participation -- Per Person Food Costs -- Infant Formula Rebates -- CHARACTERISTICS OF WIC PARTICIPANTS -- Participant Category -- Race and Ethnicity -- Nutritional Risks -- Participation in Other Programs -- Income and Poverty Status -- ADMINISTRATIVE-BASED ISSUES IN WIC -- Expansion of the WIC Program -- WIC's Eligibility Requirements Are Less Restrictive than Those of Food Stamps

Generic lessons from past experience with community-based nutrition programming relate more to processes adopted than to specific actions implemented -- more "how" than "what" -- with proactive community participation being a sine qua non for success. Progress has been made where community-based programs are linked operationally to service delivery structures. Government employees at such levels may be oriented to act as facilitators of nutrition-relevant actions that are coordinated by locally elected community-based mobilizers. This mobilizer-facilitator nexus should be supported and managed by a series of organizational structures from the grassroots to national levels. Community-government partnerships need to be forged through broad-based social mobilization and communication strategies. Policy makers should be more open to learning from community-based success so as to know how best to enable and sustain it. This paper describes the ingredients and dynamics of successful community-based nutrition programs including consideration of social mobilization strategies, project planning and design, management structures, implementation mechanisms, issues of monitoring, sustainability, replicability, and the nature of supportive policy. ; IFPRI3 ; FCND ; PR