Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health in Global Development: Typology and Metrics for Integrated Interventions and Research

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health in Global Development: Typology and Metrics for Integrated Interventions and Research

Despite rhetoric arguing that enhanced agriculture leads to improved nutrition and health, there is scant empirical evidence about potential synergies across sectors or about the mix of actions that best supports all three sectors. The geographic scale and socioeconomic nature of these interventions require integration of previously separate research methods. This paper proposes a typology of interventions and a metric of integration among them to help researchers build on each other's results, facilitating integration in methods to inform the design of multisector interventions. The typology recognizes the importance of regional effect modifiers that are not themselves subject to randomized assignment, and trade-offs in how policies and programs are implemented, evaluated, and scaled. Using this typology could facilitate methodological pluralism, helping researchers in one field use knowledge generated elsewhere, each using the most appropriate method for their situation.

尽管有言论称农业的强化会带来营养和健康状况的改善，但关于跨部门的潜在协同作用，以及最能支持所有三个部门的行动组合，实证证据却寥寥无几。这些干预措施的地理范围和社会经济性质要求整合以前各自独立的研究方法。本文提出了一种干预措施的分类法以及它们之间的整合度量标准，以帮助研究人员在彼此的研究成果基础上进行拓展，促进方法的整合，从而为多部门干预措施的设计提供依据。该分类法认识到区域效应调节因素的重要性，这些因素本身不受随机分配的影响，以及在政策和项目的实施、评估和推广方式上的权衡。使用这种分类法可以促进方法的多元化，帮助一个领域的研究人员利用其他领域产生的知识，各自针对自身情况采用最合适的方法。