Hanan Masa'd

Assessment of Jordan's Wheat Flour Fortification External Monitoring System

James P. Wirth, Erin Nichols, Hanan Masa'd, Rawhieh Barham, Quentin W. Johnson & Mary Serdula · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To assess the performance of the external monitoring system utilized in Jordan according to the CDC criteria for surveillance systems. Methods: The performance of the external monitoring system was assessed qualitatively following the CDC's Updated Guidelines for Eval...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21086

Micronutrient Deficiencies in Pre-school Age Children and Women of Reproductive Age in Jordan

James P. Wirth, Nichols Erin, Ibrahim Khatib, Hanan Masa'd, Rawhieh Barham, Nancy Aburto, Svenja Jungjohann, Kevin Sullivan & Mary Serdula · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Jordan's 2010 National Micronutrient Survey assessed the prevalence and severity of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies in Jordanian women and children. Methods: A stratified multistage cluster sampling was used to establish a nationally representative household-bas...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21155