Describe the steps in planning, conducting and evaluating a nutrition education programme.

1. 1 · Open in two lines. A nutrition education programme is planned as a cycle so that teaching matches people's needs and its results can be measured.
2. 2 · Draw the planning cycle. [Cycle: assess needs → objectives → content, methods, aids → conduct → evaluate → revise]
3. 3 · Needs assessment. KAP survey, diet recall and growth records; choose the problem and the audience.
4. 4 · Objectives and content. SMART objectives; 2-3 simple messages in the local language.
5. 5 · Methods, aids and logistics. Talk, demonstration, role play; flash cards and recipe cards; lesson plan, date, place, budget.
6. 6 · Conducting and evaluating.
   • Link to the felt need, demonstrate, let people practise.
   • Process, knowledge, attitude, practice and status evaluation; pre- and post-test.
7. 7 · In the community. Example: mothers at an anganwadi; timely complementary feeding rose from 32% to 80%.
8. 8 · Close in one line. A programme succeeds only when evaluation shows that practice has changed.

Scoring tip: Write the steps as a numbered chain under the cycle diagram and give one SMART objective in full.