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It is intended that the data collected during the Nutrition Baseline
Survey be used for:
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Appraisal purposes - the causal relationship for a nutritional
problem can be analysed by simple methods and tests,
- Planning purposes - the identified causal factor for malnutrition
helps to determine adequate and problem-oriented activities,
indicators and interventions, and
- Monitoring and evaluation purposes - objective data helps to
compare the situation at the beginning of an intervention with
the situation at later times
Furthermore, a Nutrition Baseline Survey enables the comparison of
data and project results from different surveys (i.e. other institutions),
projects and countries.
Despite its mainly statistical character, the Nutrition Baseline Survey
is not only pure research. One principle of the Survey accepted in the
context of development projects is that there is NO SURVEY WITHOUT
SERVICE. This refers to the responsibility of a project to intervene
even if unexpected problems have been identified within the
survey region.
Note: Nutrition is a complex subject and needs the combination of
different quantitative and qualitative methodologies. It is crucial to
obtain nutritional, socio-economic and cultural information available
in the local setting, and to analyse secondary literature and
observational issues, during the preparation phase of the survey, in
order to interpret the situation in a holistic manner. An understanding
of the perceptions and needs of the population is necessary as
well.
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