Table 4.
Ranking of suggested solutions 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 | |||||
| Adequate Availability of IFA | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 31.11 | 6 | #1 |
| Strengthen monitoring and supervision | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22.22 | 6 | #2 |
| Ownership of education department | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 21.11 | 5 | #3 |
| Training of support staff of teachers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15.56 | 6 | #4 |
| Regular block level meeting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.89 | 6 | #5 |
| Effective Orientation training | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.11 | 2 | |
*Relative importance = [(score for item) ÷ (maximum points for group i.e., participant number x 15 points) x 100]. WIFS - weekly iron-folic acid supplementation; IFA - iron-folic acid