Practitioner Perspectives on Child Feeding: Brief Report

This study was a collaboration between Northumbria University and the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS). Its aim was to investigate the challenges to child feeding practices in Uganda, a country which faces uniquely crosscutting challenges that align with increases in food insecurity. To better understand these challenges, the study drew on the views and experiences of practitioners (for example social workers and health workers) in Uganda, illustrated by a sample of those who are employed or volunteer with the URCS.

While poverty was shown to be a leading cause of poor child nutrition, the results of the survey also highlighted the importance of education, both for practitioners, many of whom expressed an eagerness for further training, and for the communities at risk of poor child nutrition. Investing in the means to disseminate the knowledge and experience of those working with families is considered vital in improving child feeding practices in Uganda.