This is a in-person session only. It won't be available online.

[Note: this session is in two parts with lunch in between ( 12:15 to 13:05)]

Times for this event are in CAT

Level:   Basic/ Intermediate

Room: MBIDZI

Description: 

USAID Advancing Nutrition piloted a suite of seven food environment assessments for use in low and middle-income countries. The assessments were identified to capture data on informal market food environment dimensions including accessibility, availability, price, product and vendor properties, affordability, marketing and regulation, and desirability. This session would focus on the assessment package and how the tools work together. Participants will have the opportunity to work with the assessments in groups, ask questions, and discuss amongst themselves how they might apply them in their own contexts. Facilitators will provide background on food environments followed by orientation to each of the assessments that will be workshopped during the learning lab. Through group work, participants will be assigned roles and take turns practicing as though they were data collectors. Group work will go through to analysis and presentation and end with a discussion of the potential utility of the data and use of findings.

Preparation materials 

We recommend that you visit the resources prior to attending the session. 

• Food Environment Assessments, Areas of Exploration, and Purpose for Programming 

Speakers 

• Shauna Downs (Rutgers University School of Public Health)
• Sarah McClung (USAID Advancing Nutrition)
• Christopher Rue (USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security)
• Noni Alexander (USAID Advancing Nutrition)

Note: Would you like to attend this session? Please register HERE. A survey will be sent to you via email by no later than 1 June 2023, to indicate all your preferred learning lab sessions. You can only receive the survey after you have registered.

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