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Tools for Designing and Conducting Social and Behavior Change Evaluations
Published By: USAID Advancing Nutrition Publication Date: December 2022 This short document provides practical tools for improving nutrition social and behavior change evaluations. It complements Measuring Social and Behavior Change in Nutrition Programs: A Guide for Evaluators and Evaluating Social and Behavior Change Components of Nutrition Activities: A Design Guide for USAID Staff. This resource and the description above were developed by the amazing communications and kn
S. Riley Auer
Jun 232 min read


Strengthening Program Evaluations for Social and Behavior Change Activities Used to Improve Nutrition Outcomes
Program evaluations play a critical role in improving the quality and determining the effectiveness of the social and behavior change (SBC) strategies and approaches needed to achieve nutrition program goals. However, SBC is often not well understood by those designing or conducting evaluations. Photo Credit: SPRING Evaluation teams are typically composed of specialized technical experts who may not have experience implementing or evaluating SBC interventions. Without strong
S. Riley Auer
Jun 232 min read


Evaluating Social and Behavior Change Components of Nutrition Activities: A Design Guide for USAID Staff
Published By: USAID Advancing Nutrition Publication Date: April 2022 Social and behavior change (SBC) is an effective tool for improving nutrition programs and outcomes across a range of sectors from agriculture to markets to health systems. This guide supports USAID staff who are involved in planning an evaluation, identifying evaluation objectives, and building an evaluation scope of work for an activity that uses SBC to improve multi-sectoral nutrition outcomes. It is not
S. Riley Auer
Jun 232 min read
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