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spelling okr-10986-136912021-04-23T14:03:09Z A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program Fiedler, John L. ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS BUDGETING CHILD NUTRITION COMMUNITY COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COST ACCOUNTING COST ANALYSIS COST CENTERS COST ESTIMATES COUNSELING DEATHS DIRECT COSTS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL PLANNING FIXED COSTS HEALTH HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HOUSING IMPACT EVALUATION INFANTS IRON MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MOTHERS MOTIVATION NGOS NUTRITION NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PARTNERSHIP RECURRENT COST RECURRENT COSTS WORKERS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE UNIVERSAL HEALTH HEALTH FINANCING The Honduras AIN-C (Atencion Integral a la Ninez-Comunitaria) Program is a preventive health and nutrition program of the Honduras Ministry of Health that relies on volunteers to help mothers and communities pro-actively monitor and maintain the adequate growth of young children. A 2000 experimental-design based evaluation found that the program achieved near-universal coverage and was effective in improving mothers' child-rearing knowledge, attitudes and practices, including feeding practices and appropriate care-giving and care-seeking practices for children with diarrhea and acute respiratory illness. The program is widely regarded as a model. This study was undertaken to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the cost of AIN-C, with the goal of providing a program and financial planning tool for Honduras, as well as other countries interested in implementing an AIN-C Program. Expressed in mid-2002 U.S. dollars, the study found: (1) the long-term, annual, recurrent cost per child less than two participating in the program is US$6.82, (2) the long-term, annual, incremental budget requirements per child less than two participating in the program is $4.00, (3) the long-term, annual recurrent cost per capita is $0.44, and the cost of an AIN-C monthly growth monitoring and counseling session per child is 11 percent of the cost of a traditional MOH, facility-based growth and development consultation per child. 2013-05-30T15:59:12Z 2013-05-30T15:59:12Z 2003-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/3494221/cost-analysis-honduras-community-based-integrated-child-care-program-atencion-integral-la-ninez-comunitaria-ain-c http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13691 English en_US HNP discussion paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Honduras
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topic ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
BUDGETING
CHILD NUTRITION
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COST ACCOUNTING
COST ANALYSIS
COST CENTERS
COST ESTIMATES
COUNSELING
DEATHS
DIRECT COSTS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FIXED COSTS
HEALTH
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOUSING
IMPACT EVALUATION
INFANTS
IRON
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
NGOS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
PARTNERSHIP
RECURRENT COST
RECURRENT COSTS
WORKERS NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITION
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
UNIVERSAL HEALTH
HEALTH FINANCING
spellingShingle ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
BUDGETING
CHILD NUTRITION
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COST ACCOUNTING
COST ANALYSIS
COST CENTERS
COST ESTIMATES
COUNSELING
DEATHS
DIRECT COSTS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FIXED COSTS
HEALTH
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOUSING
IMPACT EVALUATION
INFANTS
IRON
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
NGOS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
PARTNERSHIP
RECURRENT COST
RECURRENT COSTS
WORKERS NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITION
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
UNIVERSAL HEALTH
HEALTH FINANCING
Fiedler, John L.
A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
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Honduras
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description The Honduras AIN-C (Atencion Integral a la Ninez-Comunitaria) Program is a preventive health and nutrition program of the Honduras Ministry of Health that relies on volunteers to help mothers and communities pro-actively monitor and maintain the adequate growth of young children. A 2000 experimental-design based evaluation found that the program achieved near-universal coverage and was effective in improving mothers' child-rearing knowledge, attitudes and practices, including feeding practices and appropriate care-giving and care-seeking practices for children with diarrhea and acute respiratory illness. The program is widely regarded as a model. This study was undertaken to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the cost of AIN-C, with the goal of providing a program and financial planning tool for Honduras, as well as other countries interested in implementing an AIN-C Program. Expressed in mid-2002 U.S. dollars, the study found: (1) the long-term, annual, recurrent cost per child less than two participating in the program is US$6.82, (2) the long-term, annual, incremental budget requirements per child less than two participating in the program is $4.00, (3) the long-term, annual recurrent cost per capita is $0.44, and the cost of an AIN-C monthly growth monitoring and counseling session per child is 11 percent of the cost of a traditional MOH, facility-based growth and development consultation per child.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Fiedler, John L.
author_facet Fiedler, John L.
author_sort Fiedler, John L.
title A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
title_short A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
title_full A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
title_fullStr A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
title_full_unstemmed A Cost Analysis of the Honduras Community-based Integrated Child Care Program
title_sort cost analysis of the honduras community-based integrated child care program
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/3494221/cost-analysis-honduras-community-based-integrated-child-care-program-atencion-integral-la-ninez-comunitaria-ain-c
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