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Table 4 Survey questionnaire modules

From: Improving child nutrition and development through community-based childcare centres in Malawi – The NEEP-IE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Questionnaire

Module

Description

CBCC

Location and access

Identification, location

 

Infrastructure

Physical infrastructure, including learning space, water and sanitation, cooking and storage facilities

 

Staff

Staff roster, education and training

 

Curriculum and services

Quality of CBCC activities and related services

 

Caregivers health and nutrition knowledge

Knowledge related to optimal infant and young childcare and feeding practices

 

Health and hygiene practices

Health and hygiene practices of CBCC staff

 

Meal provision

Meal quality, portion sizes, meal planning, management and distribution

 

Food procurement

List of food procured/sourced by the CBCC

 

Garden land

Land used by CBCCs, including ownership and use, size of the plot, crops planted, input and labour for each plot

 

Garden production

Crop production and use

 

Garden sales

Crop sales, volumes and prices

 

Food storage

Food storage infrastructure and practices

Household

Roster

Listing of demographic characteristics of household members

 

Dwelling characteristics and assets

Basic features of the household’s primary dwelling place, including infrastructure, access to water and electricity

 

Assets

Assets owned (by men and women separately)

 

Land

Land owned and used by household’s women and men, including ownership and use, size of plot, crops planted, labour for each plot

 

Agricultural production

Crop production and use

 

Agricultural marketing

Crop sales, volumes, prices,

 

Agricultural storage

Storage volumes and management

 

Farm investments

On-farm investments and labour

 

Farming practices

Pre- and post-harvest practices

 

Livestock

Livestock holdings, revenue and costs, women ownership

 

Employment and business enterprise

Non-farm sources of income (including employment), costs, male and female members

 

Shocks

Unexpected events that may have influenced household’s wellbeing and responses taken by household

 

Food security

Household vulnerability with respect to food frequency

 

Food expenditures

Food expenditures and quantities consumed at household level

 

Non-food expenditures

Expenditures on household items, clothing and personal expenditures over the last month

Caregiver

Caregiver’s health and hygiene

Health- and hygiene-related questions

 

Caregiver’s health and nutrition knowledge

Knowledge related to optimal infant and young childcare and feeding practices

 

Caregivers IYCF practices

Infant and child feeding practices

 

Childcare practices

Childcare practices, including support for learning and stimulation

 

Women’s time allocation

Women’s use of time, perceptions on women’s time use

Child

Child health

Child immunisation history and health-related questions

 

Dietary assessment

Interactive 24-h recall on food intake for children aged 3–5 years

 

Anthropometry

Physical measurements of all children and their parents

 

Development

MDAT scores (fine and gross motor, language and social domains)

  1. CBCC community-based childcare centre, IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding, MDAT Malawi Development Assessment Tool