Menon Purnima, Thow Anne Marie
International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2017 Jun 13;17(Suppl 2):420. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4335-3.
Enabling policy environments for nutrition require require evidence to support best practice and engagement with political and policy contexts, as well as leadership, resourcing, advocacy, and technical support. However, research on nutrition policy contexts is limited. The papers in this special supplement on policy contexts for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in South Asia makes a valuable contribution to understanding the policy landscape and political dynamics in the region and the global literature. Studies included in this special supplement analyzed policy content and stakeholder influence on IYCF in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and assess the role of advocacy in addressing multiple elements of the policy environment. These analyses highlight opportunities to harmonize and manage the demands and interests of multiple actors while strengthening policy to strategically support optimal IYCF as the ultimate goal. They also provide robust examples of research on policy environments and policy change. Further investments in research on policy contexts for nutrition can help to understand and support continued progress towards improved actions for nutrition.
有利于营养的政策环境需要有证据来支持最佳实践，并需要与政治和政策背景进行互动，同时还需要领导力、资源、宣传和技术支持。然而，关于营养政策背景的研究有限。本期关于南亚婴幼儿喂养（IYCF）政策背景的特刊中的论文，对理解该地区的政策格局、政治动态以及全球文献做出了宝贵贡献。本期特刊中的研究分析了孟加拉国、印度、尼泊尔、巴基斯坦和斯里兰卡的婴幼儿喂养政策内容以及利益相关者的影响，并评估了宣传在应对政策环境多个要素方面的作用。这些分析突出了在协调和管理多个行为体的需求和利益的同时，加强政策以战略性地支持最佳婴幼儿喂养作为最终目标的机会。它们还提供了关于政策环境和政策变化研究的有力例证。对营养政策背景研究的进一步投资有助于理解并支持在改善营养行动方面持续取得进展。
