After Alive & Thrive initiated IYCF community support groups in remote villages across nine provinces in Viet Nam, evaluation shows that the group model was effective in reaching remote populations and likely contributed to improved IYCF practices, including higher odds of early initiation of

This article demonstrates that exposure to interventions matters for impact, but the combination of behavior change interventions and number of interpersonal counseling contacts required to support behavior change in infant and young child feeding are context-specific.

In Bangladesh and Viet Nam between 2009–2014, Alive & Thrive (A&T) worked to improve breastfeeding practices through intensified interpersonal counseling (IPC), mass media (MM), and community mobilization (CM) intervention components delivered at scale in the context of policy advocacy (P

Provides information on feeding and child growth and space to record child’s developmental milestones. Distributed to mothers in nutrition franchises in Viet Nam.

Aims to support community-based workers in organizing and facilitating IYCF support group meetings in an efficient, effective manner.

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project.