Nutrition Assessment and Survey using ENA EPIINFO Course

Introduction

Poor nutritional is a leading cause of most non-communicable diseases and shortened life-span. Nutritional assessment and survey are done to obtain information about the prevalence and geographic distribution of nutritional disorders within a community or a specified population group. The purpose of Epi Info/ENA software is to make analysis of nutrition and mortality data collected in field surveys as easy and reliable as possible.

Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

By the end of the training, participants should be able to:

• Understand the importance of nutrition assessments and survey
• Understand the basic anthropometric techniques application and reference standards
• Gain a general knowledge of how to install and work with ENA and EpiInfo software programs
• Install and work with ENA/EpiInfo Software
• Gain knowledge on how to program data entry forms
• Conduct automated plausibility and data quality checks
• Produce automated analyses of key mortality and nutrition indicators
• Generate reports that include results of these automated analyses.

Course Content

Module 1:

Introduction

• Definition of terms
• Purpose of nutritional assessment and survey
• Methods of nutritional assessment
• Anthropometric and malnutrition

Module 2:

Introduction to ENA Software

• Installation of the software
• Survey planning using ENA
• Data collection using ENA
• Data analysis and reporting using ENA
• Quality and credibility check

Module 3:

Introduction of EpiInfo Software

• Installation of the software
• Creating a questionnaire using EpiInfo
• Data entry using EpiInfo
• Basic Data Management and Analysis using EpiInfo
• Calculating Anthropometric Measures using EpiInfo
• Reading and writing different formats using EpiInfo
• Intermediate Data Management & Analysis using EpiInfo

Module 4:

ENA/EpiInfo Software

• Introduction to ENA/EpiInfo software
• Installation of the software
• Advantages of ENA/EpiInfo

Module 5:

Working with ENA/EpiInfo Software

• Creating a survey questionnaire from scratch
• Making a survey with the questionnaire template of ENA/EpiInfo software
• Entering data into the questionnaire
• Importing survey data from another software
• Automatic generation of the data quality report
• Automatic generation of the anthropometry graphs and survey report
• Settings of the program
• Survey planning and sample size calculation
• Training anthropometry exercise in ENA/EpiInfo

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: [email protected] Tel: +254 721 331 808

Training Venue

The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at requested location all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.

Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.