Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Background • IDD is the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation and impaired psychomotor development in young children. • In its most extreme form, iodine deficiency causes cretinism. • It also significantly raises the risks of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women.

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Background • IDD is most commonly and visibly associated with goitre • IDD takes its greatest toll in impaired mental growth and development, contributing in turn to poor school performance, reduced intellectual ability, and impaired work performance.

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION THE TOLL OF IODINE DEFICIENCY - 1990 Cretinism: 11 million Brain damage: 43 million Goitre: 750 million Total population at risk: 1. 6 billion Loss of learning capability The estimated 1. 6 billion people at risk represent approximately 30% of the world’s population

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Since 1990, iodized salt consumption increased from 20% to 66%

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION GOAL WFFC Goal: To achieve sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency by 2005

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Indicators • % of households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 ppm or more)

Household Questionnaire SALT IODIZATION Preparation • Determine whether potassium iodate or potassium iodide is used to iodize salt • Order iodine testing kits from MBI in India

SALT IODIZATION MODULE SI 1. We would like to check whether the salt used in your household is iodized. May I see a sample of the salt used to cook the main meal eaten by members of your household last night? Once you have examined the salt, circle number that corresponds to test outcome. SI Not iodized 0 PPM 1 Less than 15 PPM 2 15 PPM or more 3 No salt in home 6 Salt not tested 7