Uptake of preventive nutrition interventions among caretakers of children under 5 years in a pastoral setting of South Sudan

This study found that caretakers of children under 5 years reported low knowledge of and uptake to preventive nutrition interventions (PNIs) among the pastoral population in South Sudan. Based on the proposed socioecological model, we recommend that PNI approaches need to target multiple levels. At the community level, the focus is on improving access to health facilities and reducing the travel time to these facilities. Another way to increase intervention uptake is to improve spousal-supported joint decisions at the interpersonal level. Enhancing the awareness of the target audience and providing them with relevant information can impact the utilization rates of PNIs at the individual level. Therefore, nutrition stakeholders should employ an approach that targets community, interpersonal, and individual levels with the purpose of increasing PNI uptake.