Micronutrient Deficiency

Malnutrition, Child

Malnutrition

Chronic Disease

No intervention (descriptive survey only)

Partners of the Americas

Dietary Intake, Health and Micronutrient Status in Haiti

Dietary Intake, Health and Micronutrient Status in Haiti: Establishing a Baseline to Manage and Evaluate a National Food Fortification Program

Measured using the Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit

Assessed using repeated 24-hour dietary recalls

Retinol in plasma or breast milk, and retinol-binding protein in plasma (micromol/L)

Plasma zinc concentration (micrograms per dL)

Plasma ferritin concentrations (micrograms per L)

Red blood cell folate concentrations (nmol/L)

Plasma vitamin B12 concentrations (pmol/L)

Concentration of iron and zinc in wheat flour samples (mg/kg)

Estimated population usual intakes of energy, fat, protein, carbohydrate, vitamin A, iron, zinc, folate, vitamin B12, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin (based on combined data from 24-h dietary recalls and 30-day supplement questionnaire)

Mid-upper arm circumference, measured in mm

Height-for-age Z-score calculated using the WHO Growth Standard

Weight-for-age Z-score calculated using the WHO Growth Standard

Weight-for-length Z-score calculated using the WHO Growth Standard

Prevalence of height-for-age, weight-for-age, or weight-for-height Z-score below <-2SD

Concentration of total cholesterol in whole blood, mg/dL

Hemoglobin A1C concentrations in whole blood

Concentration of HDL cholesterol in whole blood, mg/dL

Concentration of triglycerides in whole blood, mg/dL

University of California, Davis

Le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, Haiti

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

55 children who are using
Mega-dose vitamin A supplementation
Food diversification (promotion and education on vitamin A rich food consumption)
Promotion of orange flash sweet potato production and consumption in collaboration with international potato center (CIP) in one of the study area

55 children who are using
Mega-dose vitamin A supplementation
Food diversification (promotion and education on vitamin A rich food consumption)

Vitamin A Deficiency

vitamin A supplementation normally given every six months for under five children in Ethiopia. In addition, there is also dietary intervention like orange flash sweet potato and promotion of other vitamin A rich foods to tackle vitamin A deficiency in Ethiopia.

Mega-dose of vitamin A supplement

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection in Ethiopia

estimate the total body pool size vitamin A in preschool child in Ethiopia using stable isotope technique

Liver Vit A store (µmol/g) cut off <= 0.07

mean intake of beta carotene and dietary diversity score using 24 hour dietary recall

Weight for Height Z-score, Weight for Age Z-score, Height for Age Z-score and middle upper arm circumference

household (HH) family size, marital status of the mother, head of the HH, source of drinking wate, highest level of education the head of HH attend

medical history of the child enrolled in the study such as diarrhea, cough, fever, malaria, rashes, measles, vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, durg for intestinal deworming, iron supplementation.

malaria/lihavuus

Dietary Intake, Health and Micronutrient Status in Haiti

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection

Insulin and Biogenic Amines in Cardiovascular Disease

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