AID cooperative agreement no. PDC-0082-A-00-6198-00 with Community Systems Foundation to support analysis of contextual factors that influence the potential effectiveness of growth monitoring as an organizing principle or catalyst in a nutrition or integrated nutrition, health, and/or family planning program

CST will first conduct detailed analysis of recent Indonesian data on household behavior (600 variables) and community characteristics (300 variables). CST will test the findings from this analysis in 2-4 additional settings, possibly in Tanzania, Ecuador, and Thailand. This step will determine whether the contextual characteristics found to be significant in Indonesia also have a significant effect on the success of growth monitoring activities in other countries. Existing data sets on growth monitoring from the selected countries will be used. Based on these findings, CST will develop a model package of services required for a successful growth monitoring program.