Indicators for reproductive health program evaluation : final report of the subcommittee on women"s nutrition

This document presents the project"s report on indicators of women"s nutrition. The initial section discusses the major threats to women"s reproductive health caused by undernutrition and describes the process used by the project to select indicators. The main sections list the key indicators, which are organized in terms of output indicators (covering policy, service outputs, and service utilization) and outcome indicators (both intermediate and long-term). Also included is the following short list of primary indicators: (1) existence of women"s nutrition as a policy priority; (2) percentage of service delivery points with adequate supplies of mineral/vitamin supplements; (3) percentage of women who consume vitamin A-rich foods; (4) percentage of pregnant clients receiving treatment for hookworm; (5) percentage of program participants who practice key nutrition behaviors promoted by the program; (6) percentage of malnourished women based on body mass index; (7) percentage of households using iodized salt; (8) percentage of women with low breastmilk vitamin A level; and (9) percentage of women of low weight. Includes references.