Nutrition Assessment and Support Training Guides

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What does the acronym CMAM stand for?

Children Malnutrition Action Movement
Community-Based Management of Malnutrition
Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (correct)
Child Management of Acute Malnutrition

What is the full form of ENN?

Emergency Nutrition Network (correct)
Energy and Nutrition Network
Every Nutrition Need
Essential Nutrition Network

What does the acronym IYCF stand for?

Innovative Young Child Feeding
Infant Young Child Care and Feeding
Integrated Young Child Feeding
Infant and Young Child Feeding (correct)

What is the full form of FAO?

Food and Agriculture Organization (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the acronym NACS stand for?

Nutrition Assessment and Counseling and Support (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the full form of UNICEF?

United Nations Children’s Fund (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the acronym SPRING stand for?

Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which group's members expressed an interest in developing a reference guide for nutrition-specific tools and approaches?

CORE Group members (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the full form of WHO?

World Health Organization (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the reference guide?

To guide nutrition actors in selecting the most appropriate design, research, implementation, and evaluation tools (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who led the effort to develop this reference guide?

Jennifer Burns, Mai-Anh Hoang, Camilla Peterson, and Judiann McNulty (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the target audience for this reference guide?

Program designers and technical staff among CORE Group members, as well as others working in the area of nutrition globally (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the photographs used in this guide?

For illustrative purposes only (D) Signup and view all the answers

Where were the cover and back cover photos taken?

Rwanda and India (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the acknowledgment section in this guide?

It recognizes the efforts of Jennifer Burns and others in developing the guide (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the key consideration for nutrition actors when selecting tools and approaches from this guide?

Their program objectives, context, and available resources (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Optifood?

To provide scientific evidence on how to enrich people's diets with locally available foods at the lowest possible cost (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of analysis does Optifood use to select the best diets?

Linear programming analysis (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a key audience for Optifood?

Private food companies (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is NOT a feature of Optifood?

Providing situation analysis data (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal of Optifood's dietary recommendations?

To improve the diet of specific population groups (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential application of Optifood?

Informing policy decisions to improve diets (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does Optifood consider when identifying diets that meet nutrient needs?

Local food supply and dietary patterns (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of using Optifood?

It provides low-cost, evidence-based dietary recommendations (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the BMI wheel?

To quickly identify malnutrition in clients (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the age range for using the BMI wheel for BMI-for-age?

Five to 18 years (D) Signup and view all the answers

Where can design files for the BMI wheel be accessed?

Through a sublicense agreement with FHI 360 (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the restriction on modifying the design files for the BMI wheel?

They can be modified for translation only (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the BMI wheel?

The USAID-funded FANTA project and the Boston Children's Hospital (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary audience for the BMI wheel?

Health workers in developing countries (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation of the BMI wheel?

It is not suitable for children under five years of age or for pregnant or lactating women (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of using the BMI wheel?

Health workers can quickly determine BMI and nutritional status (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the TIPs method?

What people do (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of trials in TIPs?

To gauge acceptability of a practice or product (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who is the target audience for the TIPs method?

Ministries of health, NGOs, program managers, and researchers (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of using the TIPs method?

An in-depth understanding of participants’ preferences and capabilities (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of participants in the TIPs method?

They are engaged to try out proposed practices or products (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the advantage of using the TIPs method?

It allows for pre-testing of practices or products before implementation (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the original application of the TIPs method?

Nutrition programming (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the scope of application of the TIPs method?

Applied to many other public health issues beyond nutrition (B) Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Tools for Nutrition Programs

The CORE Group Nutrition Working Group has developed a reference guide for nutrition-specific tools and approaches.
The guide provides information on how and when to use various tools, as well as special considerations for their use.

Acronyms

BMI: Body Mass Index
CMAM: Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition
C-MAMI: Community Management of Uncomplicated Acute Malnutrition in Infants Under Six Months
ENA: Essential Nutrition Actions
ENN: Emergency Nutrition Network
FANTA: Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project
FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FHI 360: Family Health International 360
IFE: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
IMCI: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
IYCF: Infant and Young Child Feeding
Link NCA: Link Nutrition Causal Analysis
LSHTM: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MDD-W: Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women
NACS: Nutrition Assessment and Counseling and Support
NIPP: Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice
NPDA: Nutrition Program Design Assistant
PAHO: Pan American Health Organization
SMART: Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions
SPRING: Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally
TIPs: Trials of Improved Practices
TOPS: Technical and Operational Performance Support
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
WHO: World Health Organization

BMI Wheel

The BMI wheel is a tool for determining Body Mass Index (BMI) in clients.
It was created to make calculating BMI and BMI-for-age quicker and easier for health workers in developing countries.
The wheel is used to determine BMI and nutritional status without calculations.
Results can be shown to clients and used for counseling.

Optifood

Optifood is a tool that provides scientific evidence on how to enrich people’s diets with locally available foods at the lowest possible cost.
It identifies nutrient gaps and recommends locally available foods to fill them.
Optifood uses software based on linear programming analysis to select the best diets from among all possible food combinations.
It is useful for designing programs and informing policy decisions to improve the diet of specific population groups.

Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs)

TIPs is a human-centered, client-driven, qualitative formative research and design technique for behavior-centered programming.
It focuses on what people do, rather than what people know or believe, and uses trials to gauge acceptability of a practice or product.
TIPs combines the advertising-design idea of concept testing with product testing to modify a practice or product before it is introduced into the market.
It allows program planners to pre-test the actual practices or products a program will promote and gain an in-depth understanding of participants’ preferences and capabilities.

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This quiz covers user guides and training materials for health professionals, focusing on nutrition assessment, counseling, and support, as well as community-based management of acute malnutrition.