KAP survey · August 2020
KAP Survey Report: Jere, Konduga, Mafa, and MMC.
Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to maternal, infant and young child feeding, WASH and child protection in Borno State.
Overview
Evidence to strengthen multi-sector support for children and caregivers.
The assessment examined knowledge, attitudes and practices around maternal, infant and young child feeding, water, sanitation and hygiene, child protection and COVID-19 awareness in four conflict-affected Borno State study areas.
It was designed to inform Save the Children's programming by identifying prevailing practices, barriers to recommended behaviours and practical opportunities for community-based action.
Key findings
Awareness was stronger than consistent adoption of recommended practices.
Breastfeeding knowledge was encouraging
Exclusive breastfeeding reached 66.1%, while 82% of children were put to the breast within the recommended early-initiation period.
Diet quality remained limited
Only 26.4% of children aged 6-23 months met minimum dietary diversity and 15.3% received a minimum acceptable diet.
WASH access had practical barriers
Improved water sources were common, but distance, queues and inadequate collection and storage containers constrained use.
Community systems were important
Families relied heavily on community mechanisms to report and respond to child-protection concerns.
Selected indicators
Headline findings from the quantitative survey.
Early breastfeeding
82%of children aged 0-24 months began breastfeeding early.Exclusive breastfeeding
66.1%among infants aged 0-5 months.Dietary diversity
26.4%of children aged 6-23 months met minimum dietary diversity.Acceptable diet
15.3%of children aged 6-23 months received a minimum acceptable diet.Women's diets
34%of surveyed women met minimum dietary diversity.Handwashing knowledge
75.3%identified three to five critical handwashing times.Indicators describe the survey sample and should be read alongside the report's methods, qualitative findings and limitations.
Methodology
A mixed-methods household and community assessment.
The quantitative component used a cluster-sampling design centred on ten core infant and young child feeding indicators, supplemented by maternal nutrition, WASH, child-protection and COVID-19 measures.
Structured data were collected digitally, while qualitative enquiry used focus group discussions and key-informant interviews. Fieldwork ran from 18 to 26 July 2020 following training and piloting.
- 3,031 households and 2,138 children under two included in quantitative sampling
- 12 focus group discussions and 12 stakeholder interviews
- Study areas: Jere, Konduga, Mafa and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council