RE: [pronut-hiv] Food Consumption Survey (3)

["zohra lukmanji" <z_lukmanji@hotmail.com>]

Hello,

Sampling methodology and sample size would largely depend on the objectives of the survey and partly on resoruces - both human and financial resources avaialble.  Perhaps you could team up with a good statistician and epidemiologist to decide on the best approach.
As well, there are severaly diet assessments methods which can be cheaper and can cover larger sample and expensive and cover small large sample.  Again, the nethod you would select would depend on the objectives.
 
A text book - Principles of nutritional assessemet by Rosalind Gibson - second edition 2005, published by oxfor university press would be an excellent reference for you if you can get hold of it.  It discusses methods and all other aspects in great detail
 
So once you have obtained the food intake data of the selected sample or the population groups, to analyse it for nutrient intake should not be too difficult if you have the appropriate food composition tables.  Does Zambia have theirs? What nutrients would you be interested in?
 
 
Zohra Lukmanji
MDH care and treatment program for PLWHA
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
 
 
>  Ward Siamusantu wrote:

Dear all,

We are planning to conducting a National food> consumption survey, as a matter of a priority, this year (2008), in Zambia. With minimal resources we have, what would be the best approach in terms of proportion of the population groups to be covered (sample size of the different population groups)? I would also wish to get some views on the best, but cheaper approach of knowing the nutrient intake of the different population groups? I would really love to share some experience if anyone did conduct a food consumption survey in the recent past.

Ward S. Siamusantu (MPH)

 Research and Planning Unit

 National Food and Nutrition Commission

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