Introduction
In the fight against malnutrition and food insecurity, nutrition-sensitive and resilience-based interventions are critical. These approaches integrate nutrition considerations across multiple sectors such as agriculture, health, and social protection, while building communities’ resilience to nutrition-related shocks and stresses. This training is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to create, implement, and evaluate nutrition-sensitive and resilience-building programs. Through this training, individuals will understand the interactions between food, health, and livelihoods and will be empowered to develop healthier, more resilient communities.
Course Objectives
- Holistic Understanding: Gain a deep understanding of the principles of nutrition-sensitive and resilience programming, recognizing the connections between nutrition, agriculture, health, and broader development goals.
- Practical Implementation: Learn tools and strategies to design, implement, and evaluate nutrition-sensitive interventions that integrate nutrition into various sectors.
- Impactful Interventions: Understand the challenges and opportunities for nutrition-sensitive and resilience interventions in diverse contexts, using case studies to apply the knowledge.
Organizational Benefits
- Enhanced Expertise: Build a skilled workforce capable of implementing effective nutrition-sensitive and resilience-building programs.
- Holistic Approaches: Adopt a holistic perspective that integrates nutrition into agriculture, health, livelihoods, and social protection.
- Impactful Interventions: Contribute to reducing malnutrition, improving food security, and enhancing community resilience.
Target Participants
This course is designed for a broad range of professionals, including:
- Nutritionists and Dietitians
- Agricultural Extension Workers
- Health and Public Health Practitioners
- Development Practitioners
- NGO and Humanitarian Workers
- Government Officials
Course Outline
- Module 1: Introduction to Nutrition-Sensitive and Resilience Programming
- Defining key concepts in nutrition-sensitive and resilience programming
- Understanding linkages between nutrition, agriculture, health, and social protection
- Why multi-sectoral collaboration is key to achieving nutrition outcomes
- Module 2: Understanding Malnutrition and its Determinants
- Exploring different types and causes of malnutrition
- Social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to malnutrition
- The role of gender, culture, and household dynamics in nutrition
- Module 3: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture and Food Systems
- Incorporating nutrition into agricultural practices and food systems
- Diversification of crops and diets to enhance nutrition outcomes
- Creating value chain approaches to improve nutrition and income
- Module 4: Health and Nutrition Integration
- How health services impact nutrition outcomes
- Integrating nutrition interventions within health systems
- Maternal and child health through nutrition-sensitive approaches
- Module 5: Social Protection and Safety Nets
- The role of social protection programs in mitigating malnutrition
- Impact of cash transfers, food assistance, and nutrition outcomes
- Strengthening the nutritional impact of safety net programs
- Module 6: Nutrition Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses
- Understanding the importance of nutrition resilience
- Building capacity to cope with and recover from shocks
- Examining case studies of successful resilience interventions
- Module 7: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for Nutrition
- Addressing WASH interventions to improve nutrition outcomes
- Managing waterborne diseases and their impact on nutrition
- Promoting hygiene practices for better health and nutrition
- Module 8: Behavior Change Communication for Nutrition
- Designing effective behavior change campaigns
- Communication strategies to encourage nutritious behaviors
- Understanding the cultural and social factors in behavior change
- Module 9: Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation
- Designing nutrition-sensitive indicators and evaluation tools
- Monitoring and evaluating nutrition intervention impact
- Using data to adapt programming for better outcomes
- Module 10: Gender and Nutrition
- Understanding gender disparities in nutrition outcomes
- Empowering women and girls for better nutrition
- Incorporating gender-sensitive approaches in nutrition programs
- Module 11: Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition
- Promoting sustainable diets for improved nutrition and environmental outcomes
- Reducing food waste and enhancing food security
- Encouraging agroecological practices for nutritious food systems
- Module 12: Policy Advocacy and Scaling Up Nutrition Interventions
- Strategies for advocating for nutrition-sensitive policies
- Scaling up successful nutrition interventions
- Engaging stakeholders for long-term nutrition impact
General Information
- Customized Training: Tailored to meet the specific needs of participants.
- Language: English proficiency is required.
- Course Delivery: Includes presentations, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group discussions. Facilitators have over 10 years of experience.
- Certification: Participants will receive a certificate from Stepsure Training and Research Institute upon successful completion.
- Training Locations: Training sessions at our centers, with options for in-house and online training.
- Flexible Duration: Adaptable course length to meet your needs.
- Onsite Training Inclusions: Includes facilitation, materials, coffee breaks, lunch, and a certificate. Travel expenses and personal arrangements are not covered.
- Additional Services: Accommodation, transportation, visa processing at discounted rates available.
- Post-Training Support: One-year free consultation and coaching after the course.
- Group Discounts: Discounts of 10%-50% for groups of more than two.
- Payment Terms: Payment should be made before the training, to facilitate better preparation.
Contact Us
For any inquiries, please reach out
to us at info@stepsureresearchinstitute.org
or call us at +254 723 482 495.
Website: www.stepsureresearchinstitute.org
