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Dietary Measurement
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The Meaning and Measurement of Acute Malnutrition in Emergencies: A Primer for Decision-Makers
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Jul 11, 2008 6:33 AM
Link to document: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900sid/SMIN-6W7SJX/$file/ODI-HPN-malnutrition-Nov06.pdf?openelement
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Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator Guide
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Jul 10, 2008 2:28 PM
FANTA summary info to document at http://www.fantaproject.org/publications/hdds_mahfp.shtml Specific document links to http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/MAHFP_Jun07.pdf and
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Measurement and Assessment of Food Deprivation & Undernutrition
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May 23, 2007 9:21 AM
Summary of proceedings for the International Scientific Symposium in Rome. Describes and discusses several methods for assessing nutrition: household expenditure surveys, individual intake surveys, anthropometric surveys, etc. Used as a scientific review of the existing methods to measure hunger.
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Guidelines for Nutrition Baseline Surveys in Communities (Includes examples of a survey and coding)
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May 23, 2007 9:19 AM
Describes international standardized operating procedures for nutrition surveys. Includes sample questionnaires and guidelines for coding, subgroups, and reference tables. Used to assess nutrition status of a community, to plan and conduct sound surveys, to promote standardization of findings for later comparison, to train health care workers, to improve nutrition status of the targeted population.
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Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator Guide, Version 2
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Jul 10, 2008 2:22 PM
With Title II programs in mind, the document describes measuring dietary diversity (number of food groups consumed daily, out of 12 categories) as a proxy for household food access. Provides guidance on data collection as well on expanding the questionnaire to capture specific program objectives. To be used with a population-based survey tool.
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