Kevin Sullivan, Juan Pena-Rosa, Arnold Timmer, Luz De-Regil, Tiffany Gust, Parmi Suchdev, Mary Serdula, Ralph Whitehead, Maria Jefferds, Katherine Tripp, Carine Mapango & Jalal Chowdhury·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Objectives: An important component of public health nutrition programs is the periodic assessment of vitamin and mineral nutritional status and coverage of micronutrient interventions. Performing high quality cross-sectional surveys can be enhanced by the availability of guidanc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21025
Objectives: The main target groups of iodine programs are pregnant women (PW) and non-pregnant women of reproductive age (NPW), yet surveys frequently focus on school age children (SAC). It is unclear whether median urinary iodine concentration (mUIC) in SAC can be used as a surr...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21027
Objectives: The Survey Toolkit, developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and hosted by the Micronutrient Initiative, provides epidemiological support and guidance through standardized tools to countries for the assessment and monitoring of population micro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20941
Objectives: Ferritin is considered the most suitable indicator of low iron stores in population-based surveys. Ferritin is an acute-phase protein (APP) and studies find this can impact on its use and interpretation. This study explores the relationship between ferritin and other...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21330
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...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21155