In the global south, the role of a grandmother or other senior women play an essential role in sharing knowledge, experiences, providing necessary care. The suboptimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices contributed to child undernutrition. Despite improvement within the IYCF, data from the Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey suggests it remains poor. The grandmothers of the community are promising change agents for positive social and behavior practices.
This article examines how innovative grandmother inclusive approaches can be used to address suboptimal IYCF practices. Using a quasi-experimental design, data was compared between the IYCF believes, and practices between GMIA intervention communities. With a quantitative endless survey statistical analysis and multivariate regression, Results show that the awareness and participation in the GM IA was high among mothers and grandmothers in intervention communities.
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