Vietnam Nutrition Surveillance 2012
General Info
Original or alternative title
Nutrition Surveillance Profiles 2012
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
July, 2012 - September, 2012
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary
The Nutrition Surveillance conducted in 2012 collected and assessed data regarding maternal and child nutritional status, feeding practices, prevalence and use of iodized salt, Vitamin A deficiency, and health literacy in Vietnam. Data were collected through household interviews and trained staff recorded anthropometric measurements of child participants.
The survey canvassed 99,450 children between the ages of 0-59 months across 1,950 clusters nationwide.
Keywords
Agriculture, Anthropometry, Antihelminthics, Birth place, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Community health clinics, Community health workers, Cough, Counseling, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Education, Family size, Fever, Fruits and vegetables, Health literacy, Health promotion, Height, Hospitals, Iron supplements, Malnutrition, Mass media, Meat, Night blindness, Occupations, Physicians, Prevalence, Protein-energy malnutrition, Skilled birth attendants, Starchy vegetables, Vitamin A supplements, Weight
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Alive & Thrive, National Institute of Nutrition (Vietnam), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Vietnam Nutrition Surveillance 2012.