Nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian households and primary health care staff: NUTRIKAP Survey

Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders

Bagher Larijani²  Mohsen Rezaei Hemami⁶  Zahra Abdollahi⁴  Mojde Mirarefin³  Maryam Ghaderpanahi⁵  Farzaneh Sadeghi⁴  Forouzan Salehi⁴  Maryam Sanaei⁵  Ramin Heshmat²  Bahar Azemati¹ 

[1] Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA;Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran;Chronic Diseases Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

关键词: Health care staff;    Household;    Practice;    Attitude;    Knowledge;    Nutrition;   

Others  :  807077
DOI  :  10.1186/2251-6581-12-12

 received in 2012-07-22, accepted in 2013-01-30,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study is to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian households and health staff on nutrition at province level. The sampling method in NUTRIKAP survey for households in each province is single-stage cluster sampling and the size of clusters is equal. The sampling method for health staff in each province is stratified random sampling. Samples are selected from physicians, health experts, health technicians, nutritionists and health assistants (Behvarz). Overall, 14136 people in 57 clusters in each province and 480 health staff over the country participate in this survey. The necessary data will be gathered by the structured questionnaire and the interview with the eligible person in each household. Data gathering from health staff will be carried out by self-administered questionnaire. The results of this study can help the bureau of community nutrition to provide the proper interventions to improve nutritional health of households.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Azemati et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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