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

Azemati, B., Heshmat, R., Sanaei, M., Salehi, F., Sadeghi, F., Ghaderpanahi, M., Miraefin, M., Abdollahi, Z., Rezaei Hemami, M. and Larijani, B. (2013) Nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian households and primary health care staff: NUTRIKAP survey. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, 12, 12. (doi: 10.1186/2251-6581-12-12) (PMID:23497528) (PMCID:PMC3599399)

Abstract

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 singlestage 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 selfadministered questionnaire. The results of this study can help the bureau of community nutrition to provide the proper interventions to improve nutritional health of households.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Rezaeihemami, Dr Mohsen
• Authors: Azemati, B., Heshmat, R., Sanaei, M., Salehi, F., Sadeghi, F., Ghaderpanahi, M., Miraefin, M., Abdollahi, Z., Rezaei Hemami, M., and Larijani, B.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment
• Journal Name: Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• ISSN: 2251-6581
• ISSN (Online): 2251-6581
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2013 Azemati et al.
• First Published: First published in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders 12: 12
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License