Utilization of Adequately Iodized Salt on Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders at Household Level and Associated Factors in Lalo Assabi District, West Ethiopia

D, Meselech Regassa; H, Tsedeke Wolde; Ethiopia,

doi:10.4172/2155-9600.1000471

Cited by 12 publications

(15 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The iodized salt inadequacy was more severe in Combolcha residents. The finding of this study revealed that adequacy of iodized salt was much higher than reports from rural community of Maychew (33%) [21], West Ethiopia (8.7%) [22] and Gondar town, Ethiopia (28.9%) [23] and Asella Town, Ethiopia (62.9%) [24]; and similar result was observed from urban area of Sidama Zone, Ethiopia (65%) [25]. Even though there are many variation and strategies across countries, the finding of the study was also higher as compared to findings from other low income contries [13, 26].…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 56%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns, South Wollo, Ethiopia

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundIodine deficiency disorder is the leading cause of mental retardation and poor economic performance in developing countries. Worldwide, universal salt iodization has been implemented to eliminate iodine deficiency. However, the adequacy of iodine in salts needs close monitoring to meet its intended goal and this study was aimed at investigating the adequacy of iodine in dietary salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was employed at household level in Dessie and Combolcha towns from January to February, 2017. Data were collected from 753 households using systematic sampling technique. The adequacy of iodine in salt was analyzed using rapid testing kit. Socio-demographic and economic, dietary sources, labeling, packaging, storage and cooking methods of household’s characteristics were collected via questionnaire developed using open data kit tool and STATA version 12 was used for further statistical analysis. Ordinal Logistic regression was performed to assess associations between explanatory variables and the response variable.ResultsNearly one-thrid (31.2%) of the households used inadequate iodized salt, which was below the World Health Organization recommendation level (≥15 ppm at the household level). Most of the respondents from Combolcha town (64.6%) were affected by inadequate use of iodized salt as compared to Dessie Town residents (22.2%). Being Dessie resident (OR = 2.53; 95% CI: 1.31–4.90), households with better socioeconomic status (OR = 2.54; 95% CI:1.10–5.87), site of labeling and packing (salt from open market (OR = 0.10; 95% CI: 0.04–0.23) and no exposure to sunlight (OR = 2.54; 95% CI:1.31–4.91) were the predictors of adequacy of iodized salt at household level.ConclusionsAvailability of adequately iodized salt at the household level in the study area was low. There should be regular quality control and regulatory enforcement of salt iodization at production, labeling and packaging sites of small scale industries and at household level.

show abstract

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 56%

“…All required data were assembled using a questionnaire organized from EDHS, UNICEF procedure protocol and from other studies [11, 20, 21] via Open Data Kit (ODK) tool. The questionnaire was compiled from validated pre-established sources and was modified contextually as per the objectives of the study [2, 10, 19–22].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns, South Wollo, Ethiopia

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…4,11,14,16 In the present survey, only one in every five salt samples had adequate iodine content which is highly worrisome, as confirmed by other studies. 6,11,15,19 On the contrary, many other studies 1,8,[12][13][14]16 found more than half of the salt samples adequately iodized.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders and its determinants among school children aged 6 to 12 years in rural areas of Koppal district, Karnataka

Mane

Yenkanaik

Nimbannavar

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Iodine deficiency disorders are recognized as major public health problem in India and the simplest, most effective and inexpensive preventive method is the consumption of Iodized salt. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of goitre among children aged 6 to 12 years in rural areas of Koppal district, to determine various factors associated with goiter among children, to estimate the level of urinary iodine excretion among urine samples collected from children and to estimate the level of iodine content among salt samples collected in the study setting.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted for a duration of 6 months from June 2018 to November 2018 in rural areas of Koppal district among 3047 school children aged 6 to 12 years selected by cluster sampling technique. Goiter was detected and graded using standard techniques and the collected salt and urine samples were sent to MRHRU, Sirwar, Raichur for analysis. Data was collected using pretested and semistructured questionnaire and was analyzed using WHO Epi info software version 3.5.4.Results: The prevalence of goitre among school children in Koppal district was 442 (14.5%) and it was found to be significantly associated with age and source of drinking water. Majority i.e., 65.96% of urine samples had iodine content less than 100 µg/l and majority i.e., 79.15% of salt samples had iodine content less than 15 PPM.Conclusions: Goiter is mild public health problem in Koppal district with majority of urine samples excreting iodine below optimum levels and majority of salt samples being inadequately iodized.

show abstract

“…5 A study conducted by Regassa et al in western Ethiopia revealed that 70.89% families were keeping salt in in dry places and 47.4% preserving salt in closed tight containers. 18 Tamil Nadu study conducted in 2012 proved that 68.6% of families stored their salt in closed containers. 19 More than 13% households were placed the salt in sunlight exposure areas and 3.2% have habit of washing the salt before adding it in the cooking in our study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A cross sectional study on proper use of iodized salt in communities of rural areas and its relevant factors in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Deepika¹,

Rao²,

Vamsi³

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The coverage of adequately iodized salt in old Andhra Pradesh was 63.6%, which is below the national average. Despite of high coverage rural households were less likely to consume adequately iodized salt. Objectives were (1) to find out the use of iodized salt and practices among community and knowledge regarding iodine deficiency diseases (2) to test salt at the household level to assess level of iodine.Methods: Community based cross-sectional study conducted from July to December 2016 in RHTC, Maddipadu, Prakasam district. Proportionate households from four villages of this area were interviewed for the purpose of study. Factors related to use of iodized salt in the communities like type of salt using in houses, storage practices, practices during cooking, knowledge regarding iodine deficiency disorders were assessed. The salt was tested for iodine using iodine rapid test MBI kits. The data was collected using pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS 22.0 version.Results: Most of households (68.5%) were between 25-50 years age, 68% wives were illiterate and 48.5% wives involved in labor work. Majority (83.6%) of the families were using iodized packed salt, 75% had adequately iodized salt with ≥15 ppm and 25% with inadequate iodized salt <15ppm. Association between illiterate wives and poor knowledge regarding iodized salt found to be significant (p<0.005).Conclusions: Specific education regarding proper storage, handling, duration and the importance of iodized salt needs to be implemented to increase community awareness and to focus on behavior change communication to bring positive attitude toward utilization of iodized salt.

show abstract

Utilization of Adequately Iodized Salt on Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders at Household Level and Associated Factors in Lalo Assabi District, West Ethiopia

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level in Dessie and Combolcha Towns, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders and its determinants among school children aged 6 to 12 years in rural areas of Koppal district, Karnataka

A cross sectional study on proper use of iodized salt in communities of rural areas and its relevant factors in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About