Table 1.
Scoring extent of integration in each building block
| Building blocks | Degree of integration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 = not integrated | 2 = partially integrated | 3 = fully integrated | |
| Governance | Complete governance of the nutrition‐specific interventions is under an independent body other than the primary programme | Nutrition‐specific interventions' governance is shared with the primary programme governance | Complete governance of the nutrition‐specific interventions is under the primary programme |
| Financing | Finances provided solely by an entity separate from the primary programme | Sharing of finances between the primary programme and the nutrition‐specific interventions | All the financial requirements are met through the primary programme |
| Information systems | The nutrition‐specific interventions have separate data procedures, rather than being included in the primary programmes | Nutrition‐specific interventions have separate data procedures, in addition to being somehow included in existing procedures for the primary programme | Data collection for the nutrition‐specific interventions is through existing primary programmes mechanisms |
| Health workforce | Additional staff carry out the nutrition‐specific interventions, parallel to the primary programme staff | Existing staff and additional staff jointly carry out the interventions of the primary programme and the nutrition‐specific interventions | The existing staff of the primary programme performed the entire duties of the nutrition‐specific interventions |
| Supplies and Technology | The nutrition‐specific interventions have separate logistics and distribution support, separate from the primary programmes | Nutrition‐specific interventions use existing logistic and distribution support, along with their own new channels | Existing distribution channels are used for the delivery of the nutrition‐specific interventions |
| Service delivery | Nutrition‐specific interventions have service delivery centres or mode of delivery separate from the primary programme | Nutrition‐specific interventions partially carried out through the existing primary programmes service delivery mechanisms | All the nutrition‐specific interventions are delivered through the primary programme channel |