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Program Planning Basics • Systematic process • Continual feedback and evaluation • Cyclical: based on increasing understandings of the true nature of the situation and the effectiveness of interventions. • Starts with an assessment of the current situation Why Do Assessment? Community Nutrition Assessment: • Anchors interventions in the reality of the community • Essential part of ongoing process: –Needs assessment –Designing and implementing interventions –Evaluation –Feedback for improvement • Includes community and stakeholders as fully active participants Community Nutrition Assessment: • Based on assets more than deficits • Helps to integrate nutrition programs into community-based institutions and initiatives Successful Community Assessment Includes: • Understanding current conditions of families, individuals, institutions & policies • Evaluating local capacities for supporting change • Building community support for implementing changes
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