Nutrition and Food Security Surveys
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1
Introduction
2
Childhood undernutrition and anthropometry
2.1
Forms of childhood undernutrition
2.1.1
Acute undernutrition
2.1.2
Chronic undernutrition
2.2
Performing anthropometric measurements
3
Measuring weight
3.1
Equipment
3.1.1
Types of weighing scales
3.1.2
General use, care and maintenance of SECA tared scales
3.2
Personnel
3.3
Steps in weighing a child
4
Measuring height
4.1
Equipment
4.2
Personnel
4.3
Steps in measuring length or height of child
4.3.1
Measuring height
4.3.2
Measuring length
5
Measuring mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)
5.1
Equipment
5.2
Personnel
5.3
Steps in measuring MUAC
6
Checking for oedema
6.1
Equipment
6.2
Personnel
6.3
Steps in checking for nutritional oedema
7
Anthropometric measurement standardisation test
7.1
Objectives
7.2
Mechanics
7.2.1
Test parameters
7.2.2
Test organisation and requirements
7.2.3
Timeframe
7.2.4
Steps in carrying out the standardisation test
8
Measuring dietary diversity
8.1
Introduction
8.2
Minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W)
8.2.1
MDD-W questionnaire
8.2.2
MDD-W food group description
8.3
Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) component of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF)
8.3.1
MDD questionnaire
8.3.2
MDD food group description
9
Measuring food consumption
9.1
Introduction
9.2
FCS questionnaire
9.3
Calculating the FCS
10
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale
10.1
Introduction
10.2
HFIAS questionnaire
10.3
HFIAS indicators
10.3.1
Household Food Insecurity Access-related Conditions
10.3.2
Household Food Insecurity Access-related Domains
10.3.3
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale Score
10.3.4
Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence
References
@ Valid International 2018
A Guide to Implementing Nutrition and Food Security Surveys
A Guide to Implementing Nutrition and Food Security Surveys
Valid International
05/03/2018
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