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The barangay nutrition scholar in action
Initiatives in population, 1979
The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Project was created in 1977 to provide an effective means o... more The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Project was created in 1977 to provide an effective means of disseminating nutrition information and providing nutrition services to the barangays through a trained community worker. The BNS project was pilot tested in 1977 in 13 municipalities and by the end of 1979, 5220 BNS had been trained and deployed in their communities. BNS must have certain personal and leadership qualifications, and are chosen by the barangay captain or the barangay nutrition committee. The nutrition program is based upon 4 intervention schemes: food production, food assistance, health protection, and information, education, and communication. The BNS is the nutrition program's instrument for implementing these intervention schemes. The BNS on return from training makes a spot map of the community and measures and weighs preschool children to screen for malnutrition. The BNS also conducts mothers' classes which dispense information on nutrition and health and distributes seeds and supplementary food packets for preschoolers to target families. Support to the BNS is provided by a van equipped with a communication worker and a video playback unit. An assessment of the BNS program indicated that about 80% of the BNS surveyed were effective implementors of their programs. Program officials expect most of the problems encountered to be solved with more effort by the BNS and increased financial and logistical support from the national and local governments.
Productive transformation, decent work and development
World of Work Report, 2014
The barangay nutrition scholar in action
Initiatives in population, 1979
The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Project was created in 1977 to provide an effective means o... more The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Project was created in 1977 to provide an effective means of disseminating nutrition information and providing nutrition services to the barangays through a trained community worker. The BNS project was pilot tested in 1977 in 13 municipalities and by the end of 1979, 5220 BNS had been trained and deployed in their communities. BNS must have certain personal and leadership qualifications, and are chosen by the barangay captain or the barangay nutrition committee. The nutrition program is based upon 4 intervention schemes: food production, food assistance, health protection, and information, education, and communication. The BNS is the nutrition program's instrument for implementing these intervention schemes. The BNS on return from training makes a spot map of the community and measures and weighs preschool children to screen for malnutrition. The BNS also conducts mothers' classes which dispense information on nutrition and health and distributes seeds and supplementary food packets for preschoolers to target families. Support to the BNS is provided by a van equipped with a communication worker and a video playback unit. An assessment of the BNS program indicated that about 80% of the BNS surveyed were effective implementors of their programs. Program officials expect most of the problems encountered to be solved with more effort by the BNS and increased financial and logistical support from the national and local governments.
Productive transformation, decent work and development
World of Work Report, 2014