Open AccessNutrition surveillance in the Sudan: a community-based approach
Author(s) -
Alawia El Amin Mohammed Ahmed,
Igbal A. Mageed Ahmed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1996.2.2.229
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , anthropometry , environmental health , body mass index , medicine , warning system , data collection , intervention (counseling) , geography , socioeconomics , gerontology , population , computer science , nursing , statistics , telecommunications , mathematics , pathology , sociology
In 1992, a pilot project for collecting information on the socioeconomic and nutritional status of children and their mothers as part of the early warning system was implemented in two villages in Kassala Province, Sudan. The objectives were to test the feasibility of local participation in socioeconomic and nutritional data collection, analysis and utilization;and to incorporate socioeconomic data into the food and nutrition information system, and examine its usefulness in early warning. The pilot project also included the introduction of new parameters such as adult anthropometry, i. e. body mass index of the mothers of the children seen, to monitor the nutritional status of both children and their mothers at the same time. This led to very interesting results which played a major role in determining the type of intervention needed