Malnutrition in the Philippines

By: Brooke Spencer, Megan Warr, Tyler Bate 1

Undernutrition in
Philippines

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 Program Background

Liahona Children’s
Foundation Mission
Statement:

“to nurture the potential of children to

lead healthy and productive lives by
eliminating malnutrition and providing
educational opportunities among LDS
children and their friends.”

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 Train Local Coordinators
Our Goal: More accurate data being collected and more
accurate information being given/reported

Sources of Information: Local Coordinators themselves

through a survey/standardized test

Time Frame: 1 month

Responsible for gathering this data: Regional Coordinators

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 Screen Children for Undernutrition in
LDS Stakes

Our Goal: See an increase in nutrition levels and an increase in

the frequency of parents bringing their children to the clinic by
analyzing test results and check-in data from the clinics

Sources: Parents and test results from the clinic

Time Frame: 6 months

Responsible for gathering data: Doctors and clinic volunteers

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 Provide Supplements to Mothers of
Undernourished Children
Our Goal: Children showing signs of growth and indication of
follow-through for Mother’s providing the supplements to
their children through a standardized reporting form

Source: This information will be gathered through reports

from the local coordinators and from the mothers
themselves

Time Frame: Every 6 months children will report for

follow-up screenings and children will be re-measured

Responsible for gathering data: The local coordinators

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 Provide a Nutrition and Hygiene Education
Class to Mothers of Undernourished Children
Our Goal: Growth changes in children and Mother’s
increased ability to understand proper hygiene practices
via a pre-/posttest survey and test results from the clinic

Source: Local Coordinators

Time Frame: 6 months

Responsible for gathering data: The local coordinators are

in charge of gathering the data and the data is sent every 6
months to the Country Coordinator. The Country
Coordinator will give the report to the Country Supervisor.

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 Provide Deworming Medication to Children

Our Goal: Decrease in the number of parasites in the

children

Source: The information will be gathered by the local

coordinators at the semi-annual screening; data from
the screenings will be collected by the local
coordinators via a standardized reporting form

Time Frame: Deworming medications will be

administered every 6 months

Responsible for gathering data: The local coordinators

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 Evaluation Design

The one-group pre-/posttest evaluation design

is set up to gather data prior to the intervention
and after the intervention.

It’s diagrammed as: O1 X O2

The design collects two measurement scores
and therefore can indicate improvement from
pre-test to posttest.

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 Mothers Washing Hands Before Preparing and
Cooking Food
By November 30, 2019, increase 35% of the proportion of mothers who
wash their hands before preparing and cooking food in the past week.
Baseline: 14%.

Mothers will be asked about their routine in preparing and cooking food
and if they wash their hands when preparing food. The data will be
collected through responses to a questionnaire via an iPad.

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 Mothers Providing Supplementation to
Undernourished Children
By November 30, 2019, increase to 25% the proportion of mothers who
have provided supplementation to undernourished children within the
past month. Baseline: 0%.

Each round of supplementation is provided to the mothers monthly,

and after the first round of supplements, an electronic survey will be
given at the one-month follow-up when the mothers will return for the
second round of supplements.

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 Mothers Breastfeeding Children
Under 2 Years of Age
By December 31, 2019, increase to 55% the proportion of children
under 2yrs of age who were ever breastfed in the past week.
Baseline: 34%.

Surveys will be administered door-to-door and at the local

schools via an iPad

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 Mothers Providing Their Children
with Deworming Medication

By January 30, 2020 increase to 60% of the proportion of children

who received deworming medication in the past month. Baseline:
43%.

Mothers will be asked how often they administered the deworming

medication by keeping monthly attendance, to see which Mothers
are consistently bringing their children to be given the medication

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 Reducing the number of children
suffering from diarrhea
By December 31, 2019 reduce the proportion of
children who suffer from diarrhea to 30%. Baseline: 47%.

Mothers will be asked how many times their child has

experienced diarrhea in the past month. The data will
be conducted through responses on a questionnaire.

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 Reducing the number of stunted children

By December 31, 2019 reduce the proportion of children who

suffer from stunting to 20%. Baseline: 33.4%.

The evaluation team will collect data on weight for age,

length or height for age, weight/length or BMI, and gender.
These measurements are then compared to the Z score.

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 Survey Development

● Surveys were developed to determine whether the impact

and outcome objectives of the program were met
● Both quantitative and qualitative questions were used
● Questions were also developed to be mutually exclusive
and/or exhaustive
● Surveys will be administered after the enrolled parents have
completed the Liahona program (i.e. their child is no longer
malnourished)
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 Interviews
● In-depth interviews for parents
participating in the Liahona program were
developed in order to understand barriers
and facilitators to giving their children the
daily supplement
● The interviews will be performed in a one
on one setting
● They will be administered to either
mothers or fathers after they have
completed the program

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Conclusion

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