An interactive dietary assessment method for use in rural Bangladesh Part II: Evaluation†

This research is part of the Culturally Based Nutrition Education Project conducted under the sponsorship of I.C.D.D.R.,B, AID, UNICEF, the Institute of Public Health Nutrition, Bangladesh, and the AID INCS Project, and directed by Dr. Najma Rizvi.

An interactive dietary assessment method developed for use in rural Bangladesh was evaluated. Observed 24‐hour food intake of 10 mothers and their 10 infants was compared with the mother's recall on the following day. Cultural factors contributing to the accuracy of recall were the self‐sacrificing attentiveness of the mother, preoccupation with food caused by food scarcity, structured family meals, lack of platewaste, infrequency of snacking, simplicity of the diet and uniformity of utensils and serving and eating practices in rural homes. Differences in average intake reported by the two methods were very small. Measurement reliability and sources of error are presented.

Key words:

• Instrument validation
• evaluation
• measurement reliability
• diet
• diet survey Bangladesh
• mothers
• infants

Notes

This research is part of the Culturally Based Nutrition Education Project conducted under the sponsorship of I.C.D.D.R.,B, AID, UNICEF, the Institute of Public Health Nutrition, Bangladesh, and the AID INCS Project, and directed by Dr. Najma Rizvi.