Intervention
Intervention design was based on findings from the initial study plus additional formative research with men, women, and key informants conducted as part of the follow-on study to learn about the barriers to and enablers of men’s participation in nutrition and the best channels to reach them [The formative research was also used to develop key messages (The group meetings were led by 29 community extension and health officers (CEHOs) and 23 model fathers, who were trained by the project. Model fathers were selected from intervention households in each administrative sector. They were identified by CEHOs and agriculture extension workers as leaders in their communities with some knowledge on nutrition and animal husbandry. CEHOs and model fathers were paid 5,000 Rwanda francs (approximately 5 US dollars) per month to conduct one group meeting monthly to share key messages with fathers, collect accurate phone numbers for men in the cohort, distribute the leaflet to men in the cohort, attend one meeting with the Three Stones coordinators, and submit a monthly report of their activities. CEHOs were also responsible for using the megaphone to deliver messages recorded on a USB flash drive. Supportive supervision was provided to all CEHOs and model fathers four times during the intervention period.