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CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND FOOD TO PREVENT VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY

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CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND FOOD TO PREVENT VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY

Edited by H.V. Kuhnlein and G.H. Pelto

IDRC/INFDC 1997
ISBN Out of print
e-ISBN 1-55250-440-9
220 pp.

Aimed at development planners and students of nutrition, public health, anthropology, and human cultural ecology, this book discusses issues surrounding the use of natural sources of food for the prevention of vitamin A deficiency.

During a 2-year process guided by the Committee on Nutrition and Anthropology of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences, a protocol was developed to evaluate natural food sources of vitamin A in areas at risk for vitamin A deficiency. This book describes the creation of the ethnographic research tools and their testing in a broad range of cultures and environments in five developing countries.

Chapters contributed by research managers in these countries describe the suitability and reliability of the research tools, the data generated, practical applications, and directions for future policy. Many examples are given of helpful new information for planning programs at the local level for alleviating vitamin A deficiency.

This book is a companion to Community Assessment of Natural Food Sources of Vitamin A.

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Preface Barbara A. Underwood, Nutrition Unit
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 1997

Acknowledgements Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Gretel H. Pelto 1997

Contributing Authors 1997

Part I Vitamin A in Food and Diets

1. Vitamin A and Food: The Current Situation Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Gretel H. Pelto 1997

2. The Complexities of Understanding Vitamin A in Food and Diets: The Problem Sarah L. Booth, Timothy A. Johns, and Harriet V. Kuhnlein 1997

Part II Creating the Protocol

3. Theory and Process: The Methods Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Pertti J. Pelto, Gretel H. Pelto, and Members of IUNS Committee II/6 1997

Part III Assessing Natural Food Sources of Vitamin A in the Community

4. The Philippines: The Aetas of Canawan During Wet and Dry Seasons Cecelia Santos-Acuin, A. Troy Gepte IV, and M. Justiniana Dedace 1997

5. Community Assessment of Natural Food Sources of Vitamin A in Niger: The Hausas of Filingué Lauren Blum 1997

6. China: The People of Doumen Village, Kai Feng Municipality, Henan Province Li Wen Jun, Ge Ke You, Li Dian, and Chang Su Ying 1997

7. Peru: The Rural Community of Chamis and the Urban Suburb of San Vicente in Cajamarca Hilary Creed-Kanashiro 1997

8. India: The Rural Community of Sheriguda in Andhra Pradesh Shahnaz Vazir, Uma Nayak, Vinodini Reddy, and P. Pushpamma 1997

Part IV Understanding Vitamin A Deficiency in the Community

9. The Contexts of Culture, Environment, and Food Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Gretel H. Pelto 1997

Appendix Lauren Blum, Pertti J. Pelto, Gretel H. Pelto, Harriet V. Kuhnlein 1997

References 1997

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