A survey method to assess fortifiable condiment use by rural households

Keith P. West; Joanne Katz; Catherine Mzembe; Alfred Sommer; Moses Chirambo

doi:10.1016/S0271-5317(86)80012-4

A survey method to assess fortifiable condiment use by rural households

Keith P. West, Joanne Katz, Catherine Mzembe, Alfred Sommer, Moses Chirambo

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

A simple method is described to provide a semi-quantitative, initial estimate of commercially distributed condiment usage by households during a cross-sectional survey in a rural area of a developing country. (a) Technically fortifiable condiments are identified in markets; (b) frequencies of purchase and typical amounts of money spent on the condiments by a household are obtained during the survey; (c) samples of frequently used condiments are purchased in local markets, noting the weight and price of each sample; and, (d) through simple linear regression, weekly household and per capita usage are estimated. In Southern Malawi, where vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent, this method identified a semi-processed salt being purchased by more than 90% of 546 surveyed households, with an average per capita weekly usage of approximately 26±15 grams.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	719-724
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nutrition Research
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5317(86)80012-4
State	Published - Jun 1986

Keywords

Malawi
Survey methods
dietary assessment
salt fortification
vitamin A
xerophthalmia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrinology
Nutrition and Dietetics

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