Improving Postnatal Maternal Nutrition: How to Use Behavior Profiles

It provides guidance on using behavior profiles to strengthen postnatal maternal nutrition programs. The brief highlights the importance of adequate and diverse diet during the postnatal period, which is often neglected in programmatic efforts. It introduces two behavior profiles that identify key practices and factors influencing maternal nutrition during this period. The brief also provides examples of how to use these profiles in program design, formative research, and counseling services. Additionally, it shares observations from the global profiles about postnatal maternal dietary behaviors, including access barriers, the influence of health workers, and the need to shift gender and food-based norms.