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Program Planning Basics
• Systematic process
• Continual feedback and evaluation
• Cyclical: based on increasing
understandings of the true nature of the
situation and the effectiveness of
interventions.
• Starts with an assessment of the current
situation
Why Do Assessment?
Community Nutrition Assessment:
• Anchors interventions in the reality of the
community
• Essential part of ongoing process:
–Needs assessment
–Designing and implementing interventions
–Evaluation
–Feedback for improvement
• Includes community and stakeholders as
fully active participants
Community Nutrition Assessment:
• Based on assets more than deficits
• Helps to integrate nutrition programs into
community-based institutions and
initiatives
Successful Community Assessment
Includes:
• Understanding current conditions of
families, individuals, institutions & policies
• Evaluating local capacities for supporting
change
• Building community support for
implementing changes
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