Table 3.
Reporting priorities for future research examining nutrition education and mass media interventions targeting infant and young child feeding practices in low- and middle-income countries
| Follow steps from a systematic conceptual design framework, including the Trials of Improved Practices(49), the Nutrition Education DESIGN System(10), Behaviour Centred Design( 28 ) and others(12,13) |
| State use of formal behaviour change theory or programme impact pathway |
| State use of formative research and how findings were used to develop intervention messages |
| Provide messages used in all mass media and nutrition education components |
| Categorize the content of intervention components using formal behaviour change techniques(55) |
| Assess and report on both the dose delivered and participant exposure to intervention |
| Assess and report on changes in knowledge, attitudes and beliefs associated with hypothesized programme impact pathway using validated psychosocial instruments |
| Assess and report on the cost-effectiveness of the intervention |