NUTRITION SURVEY Flashcards
Systematic process of obtaining information concerning the nutritional status of a population or a subgroup.
NUTRITION
SURVEY
International guidelines (the Sphere handbook) recommend that information on anthropometry (body measurements),
immunization coverage, morbidity and mortality is vital for a nutritional survey.
DATA COLLECTION
are conducted to generate baseline nutritional data, to learn overall status, and to identify subgroups at nutritional risk.
NUTRITION
SURVEY
is one where data is collected for the same population over a long period of time. These are useful in establishing trends over a long period of time
Longitudinal survey
are commonly used survey designs that looks into population issues at a given point in time
- mainly used
for emergencies
Cross-sectional surveys
When you decide to develop a new project proposal, your time for conducting assessment and designing the project strategy is often limited. You quickly need to decide what data you need, where and how to get them and how to use them for designing high-quality proposal.
RAPID ASSESSMENTS
FOR DESIGNING
NUTRITION PROJECTS
The nutritional status of women, usually mothers is sometimes assessed in nutrition surveys. Women who
care for young children are often nutritionally vulnerable and are most likely to be pregnant or lactating
Women
usually collect baseline and endline data required for your log frame’s indicators. Their main focus is on the prevalence of the main causes of undernutrition your project focuses on (such as low dietary diversity, diarrheal diseases or
specific child care practices)
NUTRITION
SECURITY SURVEYS
In poor African and Asian countries young children are
the most nutritionally vulnerable and act as a proxy for the nutritional status of the entire population.
Children aged from six to 59 months
assess the prevalence of undernutrition (wasting, stunting and underweight) and/or mortality if relevant
among the different age and sex groups of the target population. They can also include a limited number of additional WASH, IYCF,
food security and other indicators.
SMART SURVEYS
are conducted to gain a better understanding of what determines (encourages or inhibits) the behaviors our project aims to change, such as washing hands, treating diarrhea or preparing more nutritious meals.
FORMATIVE
SURVEYS
assessments provide one of the most useful data for assessing the performance of Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programs.
SQUEAC COVERAGE
ASSESSMENTS
is important to generate data that answers the questions
of interest, keep the survey project focused on schedule and anticipate direct and indirect project costs.
PLANNING
Older children, adults and the elderly are assessed less frequently but may be included where there is reason to believe that they are nutritionally vulnerable.
Other age groups
After the methodology and questionnaires are prepared and local adaptations have been made, survey teams are trained to collect this data, take the measurements, conduct interviews, record observations and select the households following protocols.
TRAINING
