Inventory on the dietary assessment tools available and needed in africa: a prerequisite for setting up a common methodological research infrastructure for nutritional surveillance, research, and prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases
Creators: name: Pisa, Pedro T.
name: Landais, Edwige
name: Margetts, Barrie
name: Vorster, Hester H.
name: Friedenreich, Christine M.
name: Huybrechts, Inge
name: Martin-Prevel, Yves
name: Branca, Francesco
name: Lee, Warren T. K.
name: Leclercq, Catherine
name: Jerling, Johann
name: Zotor, Francis
name: Amuna, Paul
name: Jawaldeh, Ayoub Al
name: Olaide Ruth Aderibigbe
name: Waliou Hounkpatin Amoussa
name: Anderson, Cheryl A. M.
name: Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri
name: Atek, Madjid
name: Chakare Benhura
name: Jephat Chifamba
name: Namukolo Covic
name: Dary, Omar
name: Delisle, Hélène
name: Jalila El Ati
name: Hamdouchi, Asmaa El
name: Rhazi, Karima El
name: Faber, Mieke
name: Kalimbira, Alexander
name: Korkalo, Liisa
name: Kruger, Annamarie
name: Ledo, James
name: Tatenda Machiweni
name: Mahachi, Carol
name: Nonsikelelo Mathe
name: Mokori, Alex
name: Mouquet-Rivier, Claire
name: Mutie, Catherine
name: Nashandi, Hilde Liisa
name: Norris, Shane A.
name: Oluseye Olusegun Onabanjo
name: Zo Rambeloson
name: Foudjo Brice U. Saha
name: Ubaoji, Kingsley Ikechukwu
name: Zaghloul, Sahar
name: Slimani, Nadia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: <i>Objective:</i> To carry out an inventory on the availability, challenges, and needs of dietary assessment (DA) methods in Africa as a pre-requisite to provide evidence, and set directions (strategies) for implementing common dietary methods and support web-research infrastructure across countries. <i>Methods:</i> The inventory was performed within the framework of the “Africa's Study on Physical Activity and Dietary Assessment Methods” (AS-PADAM) project. It involves international institutional and African networks. An inventory questionnaire was developed and disseminated through the networks. Eighteen countries responded to the dietary inventory questionnaire. <i>Results:</i> Various DA tools were reported in Africa; 24-Hour Dietary Recall and Food Frequency Questionnaire were the most commonly used tools. Few tools were validated and tested for reliability. Face-to-face interview was the common method of administration. No computerized software or other new (web) technologies were reported. No tools were standardized across countries. <i>Conclusions:</i> The lack of comparable DA methods across represented countries is a major obstacle to implement comprehensive and joint nutrition-related programmes for surveillance, programme evaluation, research, and prevention. There is a need to develop new or adapt existing DA methods across countries by employing related research infrastructure that has been validated and standardized in other settings, with the view to standardizing methods for wider use.