| Titre |
Inventory on the dietary assessment tools available and needed in africa: a prerequisite for setting up a common methodological research infrastructure for nutritional surveillance, research, and prevention of diet-related noncommunicable diseases |
| Auteurs |
PISA PEDRO [1],
Landais Edwige [2],
SLIMANI Nadia [3],
AMOUSSA HOUNKPATIN WALIOU B. A. [4],
ZAGHLOUL Sahar [5],
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| Journal: |
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
6.077 |
| Volume Journal: |
58 |
| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2014.981630 |
| Resume |
ABSTRACT
Objective: To carry out an inventory on the availability, challenges, and needs of dietary assessment (DA)
methods in Africa as a pre-requisite to provide evidence, and set directions (strategies) for implementing
common dietary methods and support web-research infrastructure across countries. Methods: The
inventory was performed within the framework of the “Africa’s Study on Physical Activity and Dietary
Assessment Methods” (AS-PADAM) project. It involves international institutional and African networks.
An inventory questionnaire was developed and disseminated through the networks. Eighteen countries
responded to the dietary inventory questionnaire. Results: Various DA tools were reported in Africa; 24-
Hour Dietary Recall and Food Frequency Questionnaire were the most commonly used tools. Few tools
were validated and tested for reliability. Face-to-face interview was the common method of administration. No computerized software or other new (web) technologies were reported. No tools were
standardized across countries. Conclusions: The lack of comparable DA methods across represented
countries is a major obstacle to implement comprehensive and joint nutrition-related programmes for
surveillance, programme evaluation, research, and prevention. There is a need to develop new or adapt
existing DA methods across countries by employing related research infrastructure that has been validated and standardized in other settings, with the view to standardizing methods for wider use. |
| Mots clés |
Inventory; dietary assessment; tools; Africa; ASPADAM |
| Pages |
37 - 61 |
| Fichier |
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