OPERATION TIMBANG

PLUS
OPT +
OBJECTIVE

To generate data on the nutrition situation of

children as input to

 community nutrition assessment

nutrition program planning
monitoring and evaluation of local nutrition
programs
USES OF OPT PLUS

• Help locate and identify pre-schoolers who are

wasted, stunted, underweight or overweight for
referral and/or immediate intervention
• Helps health and nutrition workers in developing a
barangay spot map and problem tree of
malnutrition
• Helps the community in determining the magnitude
and nature of malnutrition in their locality
• Nutrition program management become more
guided with the use of several nutrition indices.
MECHANICS

Done every first quarter of the year

Measurement of weight,length/height of 0-71 mos PSC
shall be done;
• House-to-house
• In weighing post
• By clustering the children within the community

Growth assessment should cover at least 16.2 % of the

total population
 Preparation for Conduct of Processing of OPT
OPT Plus OPT Plus
Computation of
Post Schedule Home age in
Prepare supplies visit/measurem months(manual/aut
and materials to ent/recording omated)
be used
Referral if Print results for
Prepare the child’s review by RHM
masterlist of PSC UW,St,W,O to
Prepare copy of Approve the results
BHS
spotmap for for presentation to
updating BNC

Feedback to BNC and

C/MNC Record and Update
Present the barangay Database
nutrition situation to the BNC
Develop/update problem Prepare/update the
tree w/ the BNC masterlist of
Identify the priority families UW,Wasted,St,and O
Identify possible interventions Prepare/update the
to be included in NAP spotmap
Furnish copy the C/MNC of
the OPT Plus
 OPT TEAM

• OPT Plus Team is composed of 7-9 members

• The team will be headed by the RHM
• BNS and BHW assists the RHM
Suggested Other Members
• Committee Chair on Health and Nutrition (Kagawad)
• SK Chairperson
• Day Care Worker (DCW)
• Teacher In Charge
• Mother Leaders/Purok Leaders
• Community Leaders
• Representative/s from civic organizations
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