EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Study background | PDF: Final Survey Report of 2010
This is the Baseline survey of the CCAPD project being implemented by SARPV in 12 upazilas in 3 districts namely Cox’s Bazar, Sunamgonj and Gazipur. This initiative is a joint collaboration of SARPV and Healthlink Worldwide. The goal of the Project is to prevent Rickets among children through 1) Nutritional knowledge and awareness, 2) Recognition of the symptoms, and 3) Access to treatment. SARPV will implement the project directly in all the upazilas except the two upazilas from Sunamgonj where SARPV will select suitable local partners (NGO/CSO) for the task.
This agency (PCSL) has conducted this Baseline survey with technical collaboration of SARPV. The objectives of the survey include establishing a benchmark of the project in the 12 project upazilas about prevalence of rickets in children of different age groups below 15 years, and also to identify the state of knowledge and attitude of the stakeholders regarding rickets and disability in the area with special focus on nutritional knowledge, food habit and access to treatment.
A combination of qualitative and quantitative method has been adopted to collect information from the project areas. Independent questionnaire survey was conducted among 1,920 randomly selected mothers or caretakers of 1-15 year age children in all the 12 upazilas, and in-depth interview/discussion were held with 11 other stakeholders in 6 upazilas to supplement the survey findings. Separate data collection instruments were used to collect information for each respondent group.
