Supporting Children with Disabilities in Nutrition Programmes: thematic analysis of training and guidelines key informant interviews

Children with disabilities are often excluded in nutrition policy, programming and practice. A recently established “Feeding and Disability Resource Bank” collated currently available guidelines and training materials relevant to this group. It forms an important baseline for improved future guidelines and training materials to better support nutrition among children with disabilities.
The primary objective of this study was to analyse guidance, existing training materials, programme packages and programmatic guidelines. Semi-structured key-informant interviews were conducted to identify priority areas for improvement of the resources, and to place findings in context with the main barriers and facilitators to their use. This dataset includes transcripts of key informant interviews performed with twelve public health professionals.