Abstract:
Background: Child and maternal malnutrition is a widespread problem. To tackle, an understanding of identification of key stakeholders and their interactions is of great importance. Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify and analyze different stakeholders involved in policy making and implementation of child and maternal nutrition support in Pakistan Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design, involving a total of 132 respondents from various fields of expertise related to child and maternal nutrition. Data was collected through NetMap tool for identifying and mapping key stakeholders as well as their roles, influence and interactions along the decision-making chain. NetMaps were subjected to quantitative analysis using Gephi software, and also to measure relationships and influences of stakeholders and examine their relative positions. Results: The results revealed that various stakeholders play multiple roles along the decision-making chain, which determine their position and influence in decision-making about policy making and implementation of child and maternal nutrition support in Pakistan. Health, Agriculture, Academia, social protection and P & D were identified as the main stakeholders however, the most influential actors included Planning and Development (P&D), Federal Ministry of Health (MoH), NGOs and CBOs - they determine access to information, technical and funding resources and decision making process; thus, key in upscaling, outscaling, monitoring and policy making about policy making and implementation about child and maternal nutrition support in Pakistan in the study areas. Conclusion: Based on the network analysis, P&D, MoH, NGOs and CBOs were the top four most influential stakeholders with attributes of access to information, technical and funding resources and decision-making process about child and maternal nutrition support in Pakistan.
Page(s):
89-89
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022
Keywords:
stakeholders
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network analysis
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nutrition policy
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Child and maternal nutrition