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Emergency Nutrition Assessment Guidelines for field workers

Save the Children UK

Published in : 2004

Available in : English

MANUAL intended to provide straightforward and comprehensive guidance to nutritionists and other fieldworkers responsible for assessments in emergency settings. It is divided into 6 parts including a how to assess the causes of malnutrition and how to interpret assessment data alongside mortality and malnutrition information. The appendices include anthropometry tools and a glossary.
Part A. Assessing the causes of malnutrition
Part 2. Assessing the prevalence of malnutrition
Part C. Assessing the rate of mortality
Part D. Interpreting the findings
Part E. Fifteen practical steps for conducting an assessment
Part F. Evaluating programme impact and assessing coverage

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Themes: Emergency, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Anthropometry, Assessments and Monitoring, HTP module 05, HTP module 07, HTP module 12, HTP module 20, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Mortality, Mortality, Rapid Assessments, Triple-A (Assessment, Analysis, Action)