Limited Access to Iodized Salt among the Poor and Disadvantaged in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India
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Limited Access to Iodized Salt among the Poor and Disadvantaged in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India
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Tapas Kumar Sen; Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal
Dilip Kumar Das; R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata Akhil Bandhu Biswas; B.S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal Indranil Chakrabarty; Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal Sujishnu Mukhopadhyay; Burdwan Medical College, West Bengal Rabindranath Roy; Burdwan Medical College, West Bengal |
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Community Medicine
Community-based studies; Cross-sectional studies; Descriptive studies; Goitre; Iodine; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt; Socioeconomic factors; India |
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Iodine deficiency is endemic in West Bengal as evident from earlier studies. This community-based, crosssectional descriptive study was conducted in North 24 Parganas district during August-November 2005 to assess the consumption of adequately-iodized salt and to ascertain the various factors that influence access to iodized salt. In total, 506 households selected using the multi-stage cluster-sampling technique and all 79 retail shops from where the study households buy salt were surveyed. The iodine content of salt was tested by spot iodine-testing kits. Seventy-three percent of the households consumed salt with adequate iodine content (≥15 ppm). Consumption of adequately-iodized salt was lower among rural residents [prevalence ratio (PR): 0.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.7-0.9], Muslims (PR: 0.8, 95% CI 0.7-0.9), and households with monthly per-capita income of ≤US$ 10 (PR: 0.7, 95% CI 0.6-0.8). Those who heard and were aware of the risk of iodine-deficiency disorders and of the benefit of iodized salt were more likely to use appropriate salt (PR: 1.2, 95% CI 1.1-1.3). Those who were aware of the ban on non-iodized salt were more likely to consume adequately-iodized salt (PR: 1.1, 95% CI 1.01-1.3). The iodine content was higher in salt sold in sealed packets (PR: 2.9, 95% CI 1.8-4.8) and stored on shelves (PR: 1.6, 95% CI 1.3-2.0). Seventy-two percent of the salt samples from the retail shops had the iodine content of ≥15 ppm. The findings indicate that elimination of iodine deficiency will require targeting the vulnerable and poor population. Key words: Community-based studies; Cross-sectional studies; Descriptive studies; Goitre; Iodine; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt; Socioeconomic factors; India DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6043 J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2010 Aug;28(4):369-374
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
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2010-09-06
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Peer-Reviewed Article
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application/pdf
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http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JHPN/article/view/6043
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition; Vol 28, No 4 (2010); 369-374
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en
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India
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