Advocacy organizations and nutrition policy in Nigeria: identifying metrics for enhanced efficacy.

ABSTRACT: Advocacy organizations have played a significant role in the field of nutrition in recent years. However, why are some advocates viewed as more effective than others? This paper derives metrics for assessing advocacy efficacy by first drawing on key insights from the nutrition and public policy scholarship. A set of metrics is proposed to capture the constitutive elements of three concepts that often emerge as critical from that literature: organizational capacity, strong networks and external outreach. Based on a survey of 66 nutrition stakeholders in Nigeria, including at the federal level and within the states of Kaduna and Kano, the metrics are then applied to a set of advocacy organizations within the country. We show that the metrics can provide insights into why some advocacy organi

SUBMITTER: Resnick D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature