Status of iodized salt coverage in urban slums of Cuttack City, Orissa
| Autor: | Ansuman Panigrahi, Bijayeeni Mohapatra, Kaushik Mishra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Iodine nutrition chemistry.chemical_element lcsh:RA1-1270 urban slum Iodine medicine.disease mental retardation Iodine deficiency Iodised salt chemistry sustainable elimination Environmental health Iodized salt Salt iodization Medicine Original Article Statistical analysis Cluster sampling business Relevant information |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine : Official Publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 145-147 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 0970-0218 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0970-0218.51228 |
| Popis: | Background: For sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), it is necessary to consume adequately iodized salt on a regular basis and optimal iodine nutrition can be achieved through universal salt iodization. Objective: To assess the extent of use of adequately iodized salt in the urban slums of Cuttack. Materials and Methods: Using a stratified random multi-stage cluster sampling design, a cross-sectional study involving 336 households and 33 retail shops selected randomly from 11 slums of Cuttack was conducted in 2005. A predesigned pretested schedule was used to obtain relevant information and salt iodine was estimated qualitatively by using a spot testing kit and quantitatively using the iodometric titration method. Statistical Analysis: Proportion, Chi-square test. Results: Only 60.1% of the households in urban slums of Cuttack were using adequately iodized salt i.e., the iodine level in the salt was ≥15 ppm. Iodine deficiency was significantly marked in sample salts collected from katcha houses as compared with salts collected from pucca houses. Households with low financial status were using noniodized/inadequately-iodized salt. Both crystalline and refined salts were sold at all retail shops. Crystalline salts collected from all retailers had an iodine content < 15 ppm and refined salts collected from one retailer had iodine content < 15 ppm. About 48.5% of salt samples collected from retail shops were adequately iodized. Conclusion: In the urban slums of Cuttack, retailers were selling crystalline salts, which were inadequately iodized- this would be a setback in the progress towards eliminating IDD. |
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