Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting

Declines in rates of child stunting in the Philippines have decelerated, making it hard for the country to achieve its targets on nutritional outcomes. The knowledge base, beliefs, and practices of caregivers have been extensively researched, but l...

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Main Authors:	Sen, Iman, Mbuya, Nkosinathi, Demombynes, Gabriel, Gauri, Varun
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION BELIEFS STUNTING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD FEEDING MATERNAL HEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/133001597656068078/Mind-Over-Matter-in-the-Philippines-A-Study-of-Key-Stakeholders-Perceptions-of-Childhood-Stunting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34377

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spelling	okr-10986-343772021-05-25T09:53:58Z Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting Sen, Iman Mbuya, Nkosinathi Demombynes, Gabriel Gauri, Varun STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION BELIEFS STUNTING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD FEEDING MATERNAL HEALTH Declines in rates of child stunting in the Philippines have decelerated, making it hard for the country to achieve its targets on nutritional outcomes. The knowledge base, beliefs, and practices of caregivers have been extensively researched, but little is known about how health workers and policy makers fare in comparison. The authors conduct qualitative interviews, striving to preclude bias as we capture these stakeholders’ views on factors that affect stunting, and go on to compare and contrast these perceptions. The authors subsequently investigate the importance of the different factors in detail through a large-scale quantitative survey with frontline health and nutrition workers. The findings suggest that while most workers’ knowledge and beliefs are consistent with accepted practices, important deviations from consensus views exist, and these are correlated with worse self-reported service delivery outcomes at local health centers. The findings suggest that in the Philippines any endeavor to further improve service delivery must take into consideration the beliefs of frontline workers. 2020-08-24T14:54:21Z 2020-08-24T14:54:21Z 2020-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/133001597656068078/Mind-Over-Matter-in-the-Philippines-A-Study-of-Key-Stakeholders-Perceptions-of-Childhood-Stunting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34377 English Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic	STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION BELIEFS STUNTING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD FEEDING MATERNAL HEALTH
spellingShingle	STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION BELIEFS STUNTING HEALTHCARE SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD FEEDING MATERNAL HEALTH Sen, Iman Mbuya, Nkosinathi Demombynes, Gabriel Gauri, Varun Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
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description	Declines in rates of child stunting in the Philippines have decelerated, making it hard for the country to achieve its targets on nutritional outcomes. The knowledge base, beliefs, and practices of caregivers have been extensively researched, but little is known about how health workers and policy makers fare in comparison. The authors conduct qualitative interviews, striving to preclude bias as we capture these stakeholders’ views on factors that affect stunting, and go on to compare and contrast these perceptions. The authors subsequently investigate the importance of the different factors in detail through a large-scale quantitative survey with frontline health and nutrition workers. The findings suggest that while most workers’ knowledge and beliefs are consistent with accepted practices, important deviations from consensus views exist, and these are correlated with worse self-reported service delivery outcomes at local health centers. The findings suggest that in the Philippines any endeavor to further improve service delivery must take into consideration the beliefs of frontline workers.
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author	Sen, Iman Mbuya, Nkosinathi Demombynes, Gabriel Gauri, Varun
author_facet	Sen, Iman Mbuya, Nkosinathi Demombynes, Gabriel Gauri, Varun
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title	Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
title_short	Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
title_full	Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
title_fullStr	Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
title_full_unstemmed	Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting
title_sort	mind over matter in the philippines : a study of key stakeholders' perceptions of childhood stunting
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/133001597656068078/Mind-Over-Matter-in-the-Philippines-A-Study-of-Key-Stakeholders-Perceptions-of-Childhood-Stunting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34377
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Mind Over Matter in the Philippines : A Study of Key Stakeholders' Perceptions of Childhood Stunting

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