The contribution of the Most

Significant Change Stories Video to

The Baduta Program Outcomes
Aang Sutrisna1, Fiona Kotvojs2, Ardhiani Dyah Priamsari1, Alison
Tumilowicz1,
1 Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
2 Kurrajong Hill Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia
 Background
• The Baduta Program (2014-2017)
is a package of social behavior
change intervention implemented
in East Java aimed at preventing
child undernutrition
• Most Significant Change (MSC), a
story based participatory form of
qualitative evaluation developed
by Davies (1995), was introduced
into Baduta in 2016 and used
Provincial TV and video to provide
feedback
 MSC Story in Baduta
• 236 Story tellers (mothers,
community cadres, and health
workers)
• Collected by 75 Paramitra
village facilitators, 6 StC’s and 6
Nazava’s program officers
• Bi-monthly gradual selection
processes (with 6 sub-districts, 2
districts and provincial stakeholders)
• 84 stories get passed up the
hierarchy, but only 23
documented in short video
• 11 one-hour monthly talk-
shows aired at local TV often
publicly screened at featured
village
Description of multimedia
A Provincial TV station developed quality video for each
story selected as a MSC by:
• Visited the story teller to validate the story
• Developed the script,
• Engaged the actual people involved in the change, and
• Filmed the story. In all cases, it was described as a
very public event with everyone in the village knowing
about the filming.
 The Study
• Question: whether the application of
MSC on the program directly contributed
to the program’s outcomes?
• Six case studies randomly selected from
those stories the selection panel
identified as representing the most
significant change at the highest panel.
• Each of case studies was paired with
another case study (a total 12 case
studies)
• For each case study, between 8 and 15
people were interviewed making a total
of 112 interviewees
The Study Result
• MSC feedback process
contributed most to both
planned and unplanned
changes
• The process associated with
making the video and viewing
the video both directly
contributed to Baduta’s
expected and unexpected
outcomes
• The case studies for which there
was no video developed did not
report any change as a result of
feedback
 • The application of MSC on the Baduta Program in
Indonesia was found to directly contribute to the
Program’s outcomes.
• This was maximised where opportunities for
discussion and reflection were provided and
through the very public approach of using
Provincial TV and video as a form of
Conclusions feedback.
• In addition, MSC addressed many of the
identified constraints to progress along the
impact pathway and led to additional positive
unplanned outcomes.
• The application of MSC on Baduta as a form of
evaluation provided added value to Program
implementation.
Thank you.