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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(2):85-92; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.2.85
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Use of Nutrition Surveys for Family Planning Programme Evaluation

The Case of the Arab Republic of Egypt Nutrition Status

J. E. Anderson*, H. E. Ali**, A. H Dakroury**, A. K. Said**, M. A. Hussein**, M. I. El-Ghorab**, D. C. Miller*** and E. W. Brink{dagger}

*Family Planning Evaluation Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
**Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health ARE
***Nutrition Division, Bureau of Smallpox Eradication (BSE), Center for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
{dagger}Bureau of Epidemiology, Center of Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA

By adding a small number of demographic and family planning questions to a nutrition status survey, a great deal of data useful for family planning programmes can be generated. Information can be available on the prevalence of contraception, variation in contraceptive use, and source as well as method of contraception, soon after the completeion of field work and at little cost to the programme. In addition, a survey containing both data on nutrition status of children and on contraceptive use of mothers has the potential for studying the links between family planning use and child health.

In the 1978 Arab Republic of Egypt Nutrition Status Survey, about one in five mothers interviewed were found to be contraceptive users; there was wide variation in use by area of residence and socio-economic status. A positive association was found between current contraceptive use and measures of child health, an association that was maintained when residence, social status, and other background variables were controlled statistically. With the addition of a small number of questions relating to fertility to future surveys, it will be possible to study further the relationship between family planning use and one important programme goal, viz. improved child health.


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