Table 3.
Ranking of barriers to improve coverage of WIFS identified by stakeholders, Rishikesh, India (2018-19)
| Ideas (after clarification phase) | Priorities (scores from each participant) | Sum of scores (for each idea) | Relative importance (%)* | Frequency of voting (for each idea) | Ranked priority (via scores and frequency) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Non availability of tablet | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 33.33 | 6 | #1 |
| Irregularity in IFA consumption report from school | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 25.56 | 6 | #2 |
| Lack of information to teacher | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14.44 | 6 | #3 |
| Trained teacher being transferred out | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.00 | 4 | #4 |
| CRC not permanent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.89 | 4 | #5 |
| No workshop for principal and teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.44 | 2 | |
| Hesitancy of student to take tablet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.44 | 2 | |
*Relative importance = [(score for item) ÷ (maximum points for group i.e., participant number×15 points) × 100]. WIFS - weekly iron-folic acid supplementation; IFA - iron-folic acid; CRC – cluster resource coordinator