Table 1 Overview of resource use and costs measures included in the economic evaluation of the UPAVAN interventions

Provider

Program

Direct

Costs of designing and implementing the interventions

1. Project accounts of the implementing agencies

2. Interviews with the project staff

N/A

Indirect

Opportunity cost of donated items, volunteer times

1. Interviews with the project staff

2. Project records on volunteer involvement

3. Project accounts

N/A

Health (and non-health) providers

Direct

Changes in demand/utilisation of nutrition and health services from community health workers (CHWs) and other health providers in the study area

1. Endline evaluation survey (for information on changes in health-seeking behavior)

2. Published data on unit costs of services

All participants from the endline evaluation survey (around 4700 households)

Indirect

The opportunity cost of the time spent by the community providers participating in the interventions

1. Project records on frontline workers’ participation in intervention

2. Project records on numbers of health service strengthening meetings and attendants

3. Published reports on frontline workers’ salary and local minimum wage information

N/A

Direct

1. Household expenditure on food and non-food

2. Costs of health-seeking for the participants and their households

3. Costs of adopting the practices

1. Household consumption expenditure survey at endline

2. Endline evaluation survey

3. (a) Monitoring system – practice adoption reports collected by CSPs during follow-up visits

ᅟ(b) Endline evaluation survey

ᅟ(c) Qualitative interviews with a sub-sample of participants

ᅟ(d) Interviews with the project staff

1. A random sample of 50% of endline participants (around 2350 households

2. All participants from the endline evaluation survey (~ 4700 households)

3. (a) All adoption records from follow-up visits: ~ 550 women ×  54 planned meetings

ᅟ(b) All individual attended the group meetings from the endline evaluation survey

ᅟ(c) To be decided

ᅟ(d) N/A

Indirect

1. Opportunity cost of participation in the group meetings and home visits

2. Opportunity cost of adopting practices

1.Endline evaluation survey

2.Time-use surveys

3.Published reports with local minimum wage information

4. Qualitative interviews with a sub-sample of participants

1. All individual attended the group meetings at the endline evaluation survey

2. All women (~ 4700) and 50% of men (~ 2350) at endline

3. N/A

4. To be decided