Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices: part 1 definition
Conclusions of a consensus meeting held 6–8 November 2007 in Washington, DC, USA
Overview
This document presents new and updated indicators to assess infant and young child feeding practices at household level.
It is a follow-up to the 1991 document 'Indicators for assessing breastfeeding practices'. New indicators for assessing feeding practices in children 6-23 months have been included.
Indicators can be assessed through large-scale population-based surveys, including the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS).
This document is Part I of a series. An operational guide on measurement issues (Part II) and profiles with indicator values for 46 countries (Part III) are available as companions to this document.
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices - Part II: Measurement I français partie 2: calculs
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices - Part III: Country profiles