NSA

Question 1

What are the 5 forms of NSA Systems?

Answer 1

• Survey
• Surveillance
• Screening
• Interventions
• Assessment System in Clinical Setting

Question 2

This NSA System is a cross-sectional study which is better suited for chronic diseases

Answer 2

Survey

Question 3

This NSA system includes continuous monitoring of the nutritional status of selected population groups. This system can also identify the possible causes of both acute and chronic malnutrition.

Answer 3

Surveillance

Question 4

When is screening used?

Answer 4

• to identify malnourished individuals requiring intervention

Question 5

Before doing any interventions, one must have first done _____

Answer 5

Screening

Question 6

What is supplementation intervention?

Answer 6

Dietary supplements are products taken by mouth that contain a dietary ingredient that is meant to supplement nutrients in the diet (CDC, 2017)

Question 7

What is fortification intervention?

Answer 7

A way to add vitamins or minerals, or both, to food sources that are staples for most of the country’s population (CDC, 2017)

Question 8

Interventions always require ____ and_____

Answer 8

monitoring and evaluation

Question 9

This NSA system only uses a single parameter

Answer 9

Assessment System in Clinical Setting

Question 10

What unique characteristic is present in anthropometric methods?

Answer 10

Provides information on past nutritional history

Question 11

What are the measures in anthropometric assessment?

Answer 11

• Weight
• Height
• Skinfold thickness
• Assessment of Body Fat
• MUAC

Question 12

MUAC is measured in the ____________ and ______

Answer 12

midpoint of acromion process and olecranon process

Question 13

MUAC uses and characteristics

Answer 13

• Monitor progress during nutritional therapy
• Give insights on protein energy malnutrition
• Used for screening malnutrition in emergencies and determining wasting
• Reflects both past and present nutritional status

Question 14

What are the most commonly used specimens in laboratory methods?

Answer 14

Urine and blood

Question 15

What is the most precise, accurate and reproducible among all of the methods?

Answer 15

Biochemical/Laboratory

Question 16

Biochemical methods is used in stages __, __, __, and __ of the Generalized Scheme for the Development of Nutritional Deficiency

Answer 16

2, 3, 4 ,5

Question 17

_______ reflects iron status

Answer 17

Hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels

Question 18

This is used as an indicator of body’s protein status

Answer 18

Albumin and other serum protein levels

Question 19

What is the simplest and most practical method of measuring nutritional status?

Answer 19

Clinical methods

Question 20

This method can provide qualitative and quantitative information about food consumption at the national, household, and individual levels.

Answer 20

Dietary Methods

Question 21

Dietary method analysis is done by ______ food item

Answer 21

Individual Food Item

Question 22

In the different methods of dietary assessment, this one is the only indirect method

Answer 22

Ecological Assessment

Question 23

Ecological factors can aid in intervention planning since it determine the _____ of a nutritional problem

Answer 23

real causes

Question 24

In selecting the NSA, we want it to be more _____ to support the interpretation of the results from the other nutritional assessment methods (ABCD)

Answer 24

extensive

Question 25

The ecological factors can be grouped as:

Answer 25

○ Conditioning infections ○ Cultural influence ○ Socioeconomic factors ○ Food production ○ Health service and vital statistics

Question 27

This ecological factor is the interaction/synergism of nutrition and infections

Answer 27

Conditioning Infections

Question 28

What is the 'joint action of agents'

Answer 28

○ Malnutrition lowers resistance to infections ○ Infectious diseases tends to magnify existing malnutrition

Question 29

Cultural influence is used to understand the ________ of malnutrition

Answer 29

Local etiology

Question 30

Enumerate culture patterns

Answer 30

- Food attitudes - Child-rearing practices - Disease-causation

Question 31

Socioeconomic data is split into ____ and ___ data

Answer 31

Social data and economic data

Question 32

What are included in social data?

Answer 32

- Population in the community - Family Details - Education - Housing - Kitchen - Water supply - Latrine

Question 33

What are included in economic data?

Answer 33

- Occupation - Family Income - Tangible Wealth - Budgeting - Prices of Foods

Question 34

TRUE OR FALSE: Knowledge equates to behavior change.

Answer 34

False, low-income households can know healthy food options, but finances affect their accessibility

Question 35

_____ approximates wealth index

Answer 35

Tangible Wealth

Question 36

What are included in food production?

Answer 36

- Family food supply - Farming methods in agricultural areas - Land - Livestock - Distribution

Question 37

__________ is data accessed from municipal health offices, other public services that contribute to improvement of people's health

Answer 37

Health service and vital statistics

Question 38

What are the strengths of ecological data?

Answer 38

- Can easily be gathered - may be obtained from secondary data - aids in decision making - address diverse causes of malnutrition - Effective basis on planning interventions

Question 39

What are the limitations for ecological data?

Answer 39

- Serves only as supplement - Should always be used in conjunction with other method - Need to only select or prioritize ecological variables to include in study