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Title
EVALUATION OF A COMMUNITY LEVEL NUTRITION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR ACTION IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF ZARIA, NORTHERN NIGERIA |
Full text
http://bioline.utsc.utoronto.ca/archive/00002967/; http://bioline.utsc.utoronto.ca/archive/00002967/01/am04030.pdf; http://hdl.handle.net/1807/4096 |
Date
2004 |
Author(s)
Sabitu, K.; Iliyasu, Z.; Hassan, S. S.; Mande, A. T. |
Abstract
Background: To improve evidence-based action at the community level, UNICEF developed a nutrition information management strategy called Community Level Nutrition Information System for Action (COLNISA). It uses a participatory cycle of assessment, analysis and action to solve nutritional and health related problems. Methods: Structured questionnaires were administered to mothers with children under the age of five in 67 households before intervention and 24 months later. Results: Showed statistically significant changes in maternal literacy [7(10%) vs. 24(36%)] and engagement in income generating activities [17(26%) vs. 54(81%)]. Similarly, the proportion of mothers attending antenatal care during pregnancy increased almost six-fold [7(10%) vs. 40(59%)]. Significant improvements were also observed in mothers' knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding [21(32%) vs. 62(93%)], practices of complementary feeding [11(16%) vs. 39(58%)] and oral rehydration therapy [16(24%) vs. 47(70%)]. Furthermore, there were significant increases in the proportion of under fives that were growth monitored [4(5%) vs. 46(83%)] and fully immunized [7(10%) vs. 22(33%)]. Conversely, there was a reduction in the proportion of stunted, wasted and underweight children [51(77%), 11(17%) and 41(61%)] vs. [50(75%), 8(12%) and 33(49%)]. The changes in nutritional indices were however, not statistically significant. Conclusion: This study shows that the COLNISA strategy has a positive impact on basic social, health and nutritional indices and engenders community participation. A controlled trial is however advocated before its wholesale application. |
Subject(s)
Medicine; COLNISA, underweight, stunted, wasted, nutrition, information am04030; Medicine |
Language
en_US |
Publisher
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto and Annals of African Medicine |
Type of publication
Journal (Paginated) |
Format
172125 bytes; application/pdf |
Identifier
Annals of African Medicine 3(3) |
Repository
Toronto - University of Toronto
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