Anonymous

Emergency Public Health Surveillance in Response to Food and Energy Shortages

MMWR Weekly, 42(04); 69-71, 1993.

Anthropometric

Sample of children from clinics

Armenia

Armenian National Institute of Health, US Agency for International Development (USAID), CDC (formed Emergency Public Health Information surveillance system – EPHISS)

Tavares, E.L.

Anthropometric profile of the elderly Brazilian population: results of the National Health and Nutrition Survey, 1989.

Cadernos de saude publica, 15(4): 759-68, 1999.

Anthropometric (BMI with cut-off points recommended by WHO.

Probabilistic sample of elderly Brazilian population (age 60 yrs and older)

Brazil

Pesquisa Nacional sobre Saude e Nutricao (PNSN)

Huntington, D.

Findings from the Health and Nutrition survey in four Areas of the People’s Republic of Congo

The Central African Journal of Medicine, 32(8): 188-95, 1986.

Anthropometric

Stratified cluster sample

Congo

People’s Republic of Congo and CARE, USAID

Smith, T.

Mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) in relation to other indices of nutritional status in Papua New Guinea

PNG Med. J., 34: 26-34, 1991.

MUAC

As outlined by Heywood, P., et al., Nutritional status of young children, PNG Med J., 3191-101, 1988.

Papua new Guinea

Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka and Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Hide, R.

National Nutrition survey

(letter)

PNG Med Journal, 35(3):218, 1992

Anthropometric

Not clear

Balimo district, W. Province, PNG

Need to look up paper by McNair, R.P. An assessment of the nutritional status of preschool children in Western Province, PNG. PNG Med. J., 32: 129-137, 1989.

Kinfu, Y.

Child Undernutrition in War-Torn Society: The Ethiopian Experience

J. Biosoc. Sci., 31:403-418, 1999.

Anthropometric

Three-stage stratified design

Ethiopia

Central Statistical Authority of the Government of Ethiopia, Demography Programme, Australian National Univ., Canberra, Australia.

Yip, R.

Acute Malnutrition and High Childhood Mortality Related to Diarrhea

JAMA, 270(5): 587-590, 1993

Anthropometric rapid assessment nutrition survey

Stratified random sampling

Turkey-Iraq border – Kurdish refugees.

Division of Nutrition, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA; Naval medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD.

Kloth, T.

Sahel Nutrition Survey, 1974.

Am. J. of Epidemiology, 103(4), 383-390, 1976.

Ht./wt. Rapid nutritional assessment

Cluster sampling

West African Sahel

CDC

Berggren, G.G.

Comparison of Haitian children in a nutrition intervention programme with children in the Haitian national nutrition survey

Bull. WHO, 63(6): 1141-1150, 1985

Anthropometric

2-stage population proportional method (details in: Serfling , R.E. Attributable sampling methods. Atlanta. Dept. of Health Education and Welfare, PHS, CDC, 1965.

Haiti

Dept. of Population Sciences, Dept. of Nutrition, Dept. of Biostatistics, Harvard University.

Buzina, R.

Nutrition survey systems: the Yugoslav experience

Archivos Latinoamericanos de nutricion, 30(4): 657-64, 1980

Anthropometric

Not specified

Yugoslavia

Institute of Public Health of Croatia, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Cornu, A.

Nutritional survey in the Congo: results of the 1987 national survey

Bull WHO, 69(5): 561-71, 1991

Anthropometric

Cross-sectional survey, stratified sample (sampling by clusters).

Congo

Centre ORSTOM (Congo and France)

N/A

International Notes Update: Health and nutritional profile of refugees – Ethiopia, 1989-90.

MMWR Weekly, 39(40); 707-709, 715-718

Anthropometric, Ht/Wt

Not specified

Ethiopia

UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Save the Children fund (UK), Medecins Sans Frontieres (Belgium and Holland), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Bur. For Refugee Programs, US Dept. of State, International Health Program Office, CDC

Pieterse, S.

The nutritional status of older Rwandan refugees

Public Health Nutr., 1(4): 259-64, 1998

Anthorpometric (BMI, AMA, AFA)

Not specified

Rwanda

Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Zulkifli, A.

The nutritional status of children in resettlement villages in Kelatan

Southeast Asian J. Trop Med Public Health, 30(1): 122-8, 1999

Anthropometric

Not specified

Kelantan

School of Medical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Porignon, D.

The unseen face of humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: was nutritional relief properly targeted?

J. Epidemiol Community Health, 54(1): 6-9, 2000.

Anthropometric

Not specified

Democratic Republic of Congo

Scientific and Medical Center, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium

Aaby, P.

Nutritional status and mortality of refugee and resident children in a non-camp setting during conflict: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau.

BMJ, 319(7214): 878-81, 1999

Anthropometric

Not specified

Ginea-Bissau

Dept. of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Serum Institute, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

Mei, Z.

The development of reference values for the brachial perimeter and body height in comparison with other indicators used for screening of the nutritional status

Rev Panam Salud Publica, 4(3): 187-95, 1998 (in Spanish)

MUAC (Anthropometric)

N/A

N/A

CDC, Atlanta, GA

Brentlinger, PE

Childhood malnutrition and postwar reconstruction in rural El Salvador: a community-based survey

JAMA 281(2): 184-90, 1999

Prevalence of stunting

Population-based cross-sectional survey

El Salvador

Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, MA 02116, USA

Ruiz-Arregui, L.

Nutritional status of Guatemalan refugees below 6 years of age

Salud Publica Mex, 40(2): 172-80, 1998 (in Spanish)

Anthropometric

Cross-sectional studies

Guatemala

Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiologica, Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Salvador Zubiran (INNSZ), Mexico

Bern, C.

Is mid-upper arm circumference a useful tool for screening in emergency settings?

Lancet, 345(8950): 631-3, 1995

Anthropometric

N/A

Zaire

CDC, Atlanta, GA

Miller, LC

Afghan refugee children and mothers

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med., 48(7): 704-8, 1994

Anthropometric

Not specified

Afghanistan

Dept. of Pediatrics, Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts/New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Martin-Baena, J.

La encuesta alimentaria. Una revision de distintos metodos

Rev Clin Esp, 185(4): 198-201, 1989 (in Spanish)

24-hr recall, photo, demographic, prospective, retrospective

N/A

Review of various methods

Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Francisco de Borja, Gandia Valencia; Servicio de Cirugia, Hospital La Marina Alta, Denia, Alicante

Boss, LP

Infant mortality and childhood nutritional status among Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Int J Epidemiol, 16(4): 556-60, 1987

Anthropometric

Whole group sampling

Pakistan

CDC, Atlanta, GA

Shears, P

Nutritional studies of Ugandan refugees in Sudan and Rwanda. A report on surveys using the mid-upper arm circumference method.

Trop Geogr Med, 37(4): 359-61, 1985

Anthropometric

Not specified

Ugandan refugees in Sudan and Rwanda

?

Rees, DG

Measures of nutritional status. Survey of young children in north-east Brazil

Lancet, 1(8524):87-9, 1987

Anthropometric

Not specified

North-east Brazil

?

O’Sullivan, G.

Nutritional status of Laotian refugee children in Ubon camp, Thailand

J Epidemiol Community Health, 34(2): 83-6, 1980

Anthropometric

Not specified

Laotian refugees in Thailand

?

Brown, RE

Field nutrition survey of Nigerian children in Ivory Coast refugee camps

Trop Geogr. Med, 26: 152-56, 1974.

Anthropometric, physical exam, lab procedures

Not clear

Nigerian children, Ivory Coast refugee camps

Dept. of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York

Popkin, B.M.

The nutrition transition and its health implications in lower-income countries

Public Health Nutrition, 1(1): 5-21, 1998

Food balance sheets, nation-wide surveys

Multistage, random, cluster sampling procedure

Various countries

Dept. of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Kachondham, Y.

Child health and nutritional status in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: A Preliminary Assessment

Asia-Pacific J of Pub Health, 6(4); 226-32, 1992/3

Anthropometric, clinical signs, interviews

Multi-stage sampling

Mongolia

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand; Ministry of Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, UNICEF

Luder, E

Health and nutrition survey in a group of urban homeless adults

J. Am Diet Assoc., 90(10): 1387-92, 1990

16-point score system, 24-hr recall, biochemical markers, BMI

Cross-sectional survey

Homeless program, New York City

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medicial Center, New York, NY

Fernandez, NA

Nutrition survey of five rural Puerto Rican communities

Bol Asoc Med P R, 52: 222, 1960.

Biochemical, clinical, dietary, skinfolds

Families selected according to specific criteria

Puerto Rico

Dept. of Biochemistry and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico; Division of Nutrition, Dept. of Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Burgess, HJL

Results and appraisal of a nutrition survey in Malawi

Trop Geogr Med, 25(4): 372-80, 1973

Anthropometry, Clinical Exam, Blood/stool analysis, small diet survey

Two-stage cluster method

Malawi

Ministry of Health, Blantyre, Malawi; Human Nutrition Dept., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Earland, J.

Community nutrition survey in an urban settlement in Papua New Guinea

PNG Med J, 36: 10-15, 1993

Anthropometry, 24- hr. recall

Not clear

PNG

Save the Children Fund; Dept. of Community Medicine, Medical Faculty, Univ. of PNG

Rao, D.H.

Nutritional status of tribal preschool children in three ecological zones of Madhya Pradesh

Indian Pediatr, 31(6): 635-40, 1994

24-hr recall, anthropometry, clinical exam

Multi stage stratified random sampling procedure

Tribals in West, South, East zones of Madhya

National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania

White, L.

Findings and implications of the Navajo health and nutrition survey

The J. of Nutrition, 127(10 Suppl): 2078S-2084S, 1997

Anthropometric, 24-hr recall, blood analysis, physical exam

Cluster samples

Navajo reservation, USA

Navajo area Indian Health Service, AZ; CDC; Univ. Washington School of Medicine; Native American Center for Excellence, Seattle, WA

Tatala, S.

Low dietary iron availability is a major cause of anemia: a nutrition survey in the Lindi district of Tanzania

Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 68(1): 171-8, 1998.

Anthropometric, food survey, food samples, iron status

Cluster sampling

Tanzania

Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Anonymous

The China health and nutrition survey

http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/china/china_home.html (accessed 9/27/00)

3-day survey (24-hour recall, household dietary intake); physical exam, anthropometrics

Multi-stage, random cluster sampling process

China

Carolina Population Center at the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Peck, RE

Nutritional status of southeast Asian refugee children

Am J. Public health, 71(10): 1144-8, 1981

Medical record data, anthropometrics

Not specified

Indochinese refugees relocated in the USA

CDC

Lackland, D.T.

The need for accurate nutrition survey methodology: the South Carolina experience

The J. of Nutrition, 120(Suppl. 11): 1433-6

Dietary interview, self report of ht./wt.

Random digit dialing

South Caroline, USA

Center for Health Promotion, South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC

Pardo, Tellez F.

Study on a simplified method of nutrition survey

Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion, 22(1): 21-32, 1972 (in Spanish)

7-day nutrition survey; measure/weigh all foods

Not clear

Colombia, South America

OPS/OMS San Juan, PR; OPS/PMS, Washington, DC

Swaminathan, MC

Nutritional status of refugees from Bangla Desh

Ind. J. Med. Res., 61(2): 278-84, 1973

Anthropometrics, clinical exam for nutritional deficiency signs, diet survey

Sample and subsample of population (sampling technique not specified)

Bangla Desh refugees in India

Jellife, D.

The nutritional status of Haitian children

Acta Tropica, 18: 1-45, 1961

Anthropometrics, clinical assessment, physical exam, hair, laboratory

Village sampling technique not specified

Haiti

Dept. of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA

Popkin, B.M.

The nutrition transition in China: a cross-sectional analysis

Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 47:333-346, 1993

Anthropometric, quantitative food intake, 24 hr recall

Multistage, random cluster process

China

Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China

Cairella, G.

A methodological approach for a nutritional surveillance system in a transition country: the case of Armenia

Annali di igiene, 11(3): 199-208, 1999

Predictive model; anthropometric, clinical assessment, biochemical assay, vulnerability evaluation PAROS score

Two-stage cluster sampling

Armenia

Ist. Di Igiene “G. Sanarelli,” Universita degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza;” Ist. Nazionale della Nutrizione, Roma; UNICEF of Armenia; Ministry of Health of Armenia

Smith, M.F.

Nutrition and Public Health in the Dominican Republic

Arch Latinoam Nutr, 32(4): 867-81, 1982

Food frequency lists, food recall, anthropometric, biochemical analyses

Stratified cluster sampling

Dominican Republic

Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kansas; Plan sierra, Government of the Dominican republic, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Robertson, A.

Nutrition and immunization survey of Bosnian women

Int J Epidemiol, 24(6): 1163-70, 1995

Anthropometric, BMI, clinical signs of micronutrient deficiency, baseline nutrition survey

Cluster sampling

Bosnia

Nutrition Unit, WHO, Zagreb Area Office, Croatia; UNHCR Zagreb, Croatia; AICF, Paris, France; Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK

Robertson, A.

Section 2: Nutrition during the war

Eur. J. Clin Nutr., 49(suppl 2, S11-S16, 1995

Anthropometric (wt for ht Z scores), BMI, questionnaire on infant feeding practices

Cluster sampling

Sarajevo

Nutrition Unit, WHO, Zagreb Area Office, Croatia; UNHCR Zagreb, Croatia; UNICEF, Zagreb, Croatia

Ulijaszek, S.J.

A rapid appraisal of the nutritional status of Irian Jaya refugees and Papua New Guineans undergoing severe food shortage in the North Fly Region

Papua New Ghinea Med J, 28: 109-114, 1985

Anthropometric, clinical signs

Sampling details not specified

Papua New Guinea

Univ. of Papua New Guinea; Tabubil Hospital, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Shaar, K.H.

The nutritional status of children of displaced families in Beirut

Int. J Epidemiol, 22(2): 348-57, 1993

Anthropometric, food diaries, interview

Stratified random sample

Beirut

American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon

Kaijuka, E.M.

Uganda demographic and health survey

Report of the Ministry of Health, Entebbe, Uganda

Anthropometric (ht/wt)

Stratified samples

Uganda

Ministry of Health, Entebbe, Uganda; Makere University; Institute for Resource Development/Macro systems, Inc., Columbia, MD USA

Sebrell, W.

Appraisal of nutrition in Haiti

Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 7: 1-48, 1959

Diet history interviews, semi-quantitative assessment; biochemical analyses, clinical signs

At attempt at random sampling

Haiti

Research Corporation, New York, NY

Brown, R.E.

Field nutrition survey of Nigerian children in Ivory Coast refugee camps

Trop. Geogr. Med., 26(2): 152-156, 1974

Anthropometry, physical exam, lab procedures

Sampling technique not clear. Possibly all children?

Nigerian children in Ivory Coast camps

Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York

Anonymous

Nutrition: Health and nutritional status of Liberian refugee children, 1990

Wkly epidemiol Rec, 66(16): 112-5, 1991

Anthropometric, clinical signs

Cluster sampling

Liberian refugees in Forest Region of Guinea

CDC

Anonymous

Nutrition: Nutritional and health status of displaced persons, Sudan, 1988-1999

Wkly Epidemiol Rec, 65(21): 162-4, 1990

Anthropometric

Cluster surveys

Sudan

CDC

Anonymous

Nutrition: Nutritional status of Somali refugees in Eastern Ethiopia, September 1988-May 1989.

Wkly Epidemiol Rec, 65(13); 93-5, 1990

Anthropometric, clinical signs, clinical exam

Cluster sample surveys

Somali refugees in Eastern Ethiopia

Save the Children Fund, United Kingdom; Ethiopian Government; United nations agencies.

Bennett, F.J.

The nutrition and disease pattern of children in a refugee settlement

East Afr Med J, 45(5): 229-46, 1968

Anthropometric, clinical exams, blood tests, food interview

Sampling technique not clear

Rwanda refugees in Ankole District in Uganda

Makerere Medical School, Kampala

Olness, K.

Indochinese refugees: Nutritional and health status in a Lao refugee camp

Minn Med, 63(6): 411-4, 1980

Anthropometric, clinical signs

Sampling procedures not clear

Indochinese refugees in Lao camp

University of Minnesota

Lambert, MC

Malnutrition in displaced persons in Zaire

Lancet, 343(8908): 1296, 1994.

Anthropometric (wt for ht Z score); signs of edema

Two stage cluster sampling, random selection

Zaire

Epicentre; Medecins Sans Frontieres, Paris, France

Varaine, F.

Mortality and malnutrition among displaced Liberians in Ivory Coast

Lancet, 345(8957): 1114-5, 1995

Anthopometry (wt for ht, Z scores), signs of edema

Cluster samples

Liberians in Ivory Coast

Epicentre; Medecins Sans Frontieres, Paris, France

DeVille DeGoyet

The management of nutritional emergencies in large populations

WHO Geneva, 1978, ISBN 9241541318

Various nutritional surveys explained

Various sampling techniques explained

N/A

Research Center on Disaster Epidemiology, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; London Technical group, UK; Swedish Red Cross Society

Sommer, A

East Bengal cyclone of November 1970

Lancet, 1(7759): 1029-36, 1972

Dowell, SF

Health and nutrition in centers for unaccompanied refugee children. Experience from the 1994 Rwandan refugee crisis

JAMA, 273(22): 1802-6, 1995

Anthropometric (wt for ht z scores), nutritional information surveys

Cluster sampling (camps), unstructured sampling in children’s centers

Rwandan refugees in Zaire

CDC, Atlanta, GA; United Nations Children’s Fund, Kinshasa, Zaire; Medicins du Monde, Marseille, France

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome

Conducting small-scale nutrition surveys – A Field Manual.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1990

Various content of surveys explained

Various sampling techniques described

N/A

Nutrition planning, assessment and evaluation service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1990

Rockett, H.

Assessing diets of children and adolescents

Am J Clin Nutr, 65(4 Suppl): 1116S-1122S, 1997

Various types of surveys described and compared

Sampling not discussed

Various

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

WHO Expert Committee

Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry: Report of a WHO Expert Committee

World Health Organization, Geneva, 1995

Using anthropometry for nutritional surveillance

Sampling considerations discussed

N/A

World Health Organization, Geneva 1995

Madden, PJ

Validity of the 24-hr recall

J Am Diet Assoc., 68: 143-47, 1976

24 hr recall compared with actual intake to test validity of recalled intake data

Sampling briefly discussed

(elderly non-institutionalized subjects, USA)

The Pennsylvania State University Agricultural Experiment Station

Briend, A.

Use of mid-upper-arm circumference for nutritional screening of refugees

Lancet, 345(8957): 1120, 1995

Letter: Recommendation that MUAC alone be used to screen children in refugee camps

Sampling not well described

N/A

INSERM U 290, Hospital Saint-Lazare, Paris, France; Dept. of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, UK; and Action International Contre la Faim (AICF), Paris

Brown, RE

Some nutritional considerations in times of major catastrophe

Clin Pediatr (Phila), 11(6): 334-42, 1972

Recommendations for nutritional status evaluations: demographics, anthropometrics, clinical signs, nutritional signs

N/A

Bangladesh

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Graitcher, PL

Haiti nutrition status survey

Bull of the World Health Organization, 58: 757-65, 1980

Anthropometric (wt for ht; wt for age), blood specimens (hemoglobin analysis), questionnaires, signs of edema

Two-stage population proportional sampling method

Haiti

Bureau of Nutrition, Dept. of Public Health and Population, Republic of Haiti; CDC, Atlanta, GA

Kim, JK

The sampling design for the Korean National Nutrition Survey

Asia Pac J Public Health, 6(1): 6-9, 1992

Information on food consumption (details of survey not provided)

Probability Proportional to Size (PPs) sampling, using Enumeration Districts (EDs) as primary sampling units.

Korea

School of Public Health, Seoul National University; Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Seoul, Korea

Davis, LE

Epidemiology of famine in the Nigerian crisis……

Am J Clin Nutr, 24(3): 358-64, 1971

Height and arm circumference

Three randomly chosen villages in 15 geographical divisions. Children 1-10 yrs. Approx. 75 children in each village.

Nigeria

Nigerian Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross

Young, H

Nutrition, disease and death in times of famine

Disasters, 19(2): 94-109, 1995

Mainly anthropometric measures discussed in this review

Sampling not addressed

N/A

Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK

Abraiva, C

Field study on health and nutrition of Cuban refugees

Am J Clin Nutr, 36(6): 1255-9, 1982

Note: This is a letter to editor about #74; error in methods

Note: This is a letter to editor about #74; error in methods

Cuban refugees in Florida

Univ. of Illinois, Hines VA Hospital and Loyola Univ. Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL

Gordon, AM

Nutritional status of Cuban refugees: a field study on the health and nutrition…..

Am J Clin Nutr, 35(3): 582-90, 1982

Diet interviews, anthropometric, blood work, demographics, physical exam

Random sample (random cubicle assignments)

Cuban refugees in Florida

Univ. Miami School of Medicine, FL

Gersovitz, M

Validity of the 24 hr dietary recall and seven-day record for group comparisons

J Am Diet Assoc, 73: 48-55, 1978

This study tests internal validity of 24 hr recall and 7 day record

Random division of subjects into two groups

Non-institutionalized elderly , USA

College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Manual for nutrition surveys (second edition, 1963)

US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1963

Various surveys discussed: food production/technology appraisal, clinical/dental appraisal, biochemical methods, dietary studies, food analysis procedures

In-depth instruction on population sampling

N/A

Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Guthrie, H

Validity of a dietary score for assessing nutrient adequacy

J Am Diet. Assoc, 78:240-245, 1981

Dietary score based on basic four food groups

N/A

N/A

Nutrition Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response

The sphere Project: Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response: Minimum standards in nutrition

Oxfam Publishing, 274 Banbury Road, Oxford, 2000

Appendix 1 provides and defines minimum elements for assessment: BMI, MUAC, edema, WFH, etc.

Not specified

N/A

The Sphere Project, Geneva, Switzerland

USAID

Field Operations Guide, Version 3.0

Field Operations Guide, Version 3.0, (www.usaid.gov/ofda/fog/FOG_v3_ch2.html)

WFH, WFL, MUAC, edema check, PEM, ave. daily ration, low birthweight incidence, etc.

Many types of sampling discussed

N/A

USAID

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Field guide on rapid nutritional assessment in emergencies

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 1995, ISBN 92 9021 198 9

WFH, Z scores, etc.

Various sampling techniques and sample size discussed

N/A

Eastern Mediterranean

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

WHO

Rapid health assessment protocols for emergencies

WHO, 1999, ISBN 92 4 154515 1

Anthropometric, assessment of resources

Not specified in detail

N/A

WHO

WHO

Measuring change in nutritional status

WHO 1983, ISBN 924 154 1660

Anthropometric

How-to explained (various)

Sommer, A.

East Bengal Cyclone of November, 1970. Epidemiological approach to disaster assessment.

Lancet, 1(7759):1029-36, 1972

Anthropometric (quac stick) and interview

Cluster sampling

East Bengal

Center for Disease Control (Epidemiology Program)