AN APPRAISAL OF UNICEF COMMUNICATION APPROACHES ON INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING (IYCF) PROGRAMME IN BENUE STATE

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dc.contributor.authorBOLAJI, Adebukola Temitope
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T10:44:46Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T10:44:46Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE (M.A) IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS, FACULTY OF ARTS, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to appraise UNICEF‟s communication approaches for the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programme in Benue state. Child malnutritionhas been achallenging issue,with the IYCF programme deployingseveral communication approachesto reduce the level of malnutrition in Nigeria. This research was anchored on the Health Belief Model and the Northouse and Northouse Model of health communication, to knowthe extentwhich the communication approaches have been utilized and their effectiveness. Both qualitative and quantitative method were used to elicit information from 77 respondents in Otukpo and Makurdi Local Government Area. The study found that the communication approachmade positive impact on malnutrition level. 74.3% of the respondents across the four communities in the two Local Government Areas agreed that there was a significant change in the nutritional status of their children after they participated in the programme. Findings also showed that economic factors, distance, language of communication, gender apathy, awareness level and timing are significant factors limiting the effectiveness of IYCF programme.The involvement of the participants to give feedback was observed as critical to sustenance of different communication approaches used forthe programme. It is thus recommended that the use of communication approaches that combine indigenous and conventional methods should be sustained for more impactful results for future interventions. Also, there is need to initiate community radio intervention to give room for local participation and ownership.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12120
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAPPRAISAL,en_US
dc.subjectUNICEF COMMUNICATION APPROACHES,en_US
dc.subjectINFANT,en_US
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILD FEEDING,en_US
dc.subjectPROGRAMME,en_US
dc.subjectBENUE STATEen_US
dc.titleAN APPRAISAL OF UNICEF COMMUNICATION APPROACHES ON INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING (IYCF) PROGRAMME IN BENUE STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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