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NAM provided technical support for a baseline nutrition survey for a nutrition project planned by the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF) and a local NGO in northern Uganda. The training introduced the know-how of nutrition surveys in an easy-to-understand manner using examples and data from the survey, and participants learned survey methods while experiencing the survey using a life-size doll created by NAM, body measurement equipment, and raw data.

Workshop "Current Status and Issues of International Nutrition" (7th) Practical research methods using the case of Northern Uganda

Date and time : Friday, November 2, 2018, 1:30-4:30 PM

Venue : Global Environment Partnership Plaza (GEOC)

Participants : Approximately 43 people, including NGOs, consultants, JICA, and university officials.

Participation fee : Free

Training Objectives :

  1. Use real case studies to understand each step of the nutrition surveillance process: preparing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting.

  2. Learn about nutritional status and related indicators and measurement methods.

  3. Through hands-on experience, students will be able to carry out physical measurements and standardization.

  4. We will introduce a simple and practical method for analyzing nutritional data using raw data.

 

program

  1. Introduction (self-introduction, workshop rules, objectives and program)

  2. Contextual analysis (Northern Uganda) – How to use secondary data

  3. Nutrition survey design (objectives, indicators, sampling, survey training)

  4. Anthropometry (exercises and standardization using life-size dolls)

  5. Data analysis (exercises using real data)

  6. How to write a report, summary

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