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Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji

This paper reports the process evaluation and costing of a national salt reduction intervention in Fiji. The population-wide intervention included engaging food industry to reduce salt in foods, strategic health communication and a hospital program. The evaluation showed a 1.4 g/day drop in salt int...

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Autores principales: Webster, Jacqui, Pillay, Arti, Suku, Arleen, Gohil, Paayal, Santos, Joseph Alvin, Schultz, Jimaima, Wate, Jillian, Trieu, Kathy, Hope, Silvia, Snowdon, Wendy, Moodie, Marj, Jan, Stephen, Bell, Colin
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29385758
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10020155
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author Webster, Jacqui
Pillay, Arti
Suku, Arleen
Gohil, Paayal
Santos, Joseph Alvin
Schultz, Jimaima
Wate, Jillian
Trieu, Kathy
Hope, Silvia
Snowdon, Wendy
Moodie, Marj
Jan, Stephen
Bell, Colin
author_facet Webster, Jacqui
Pillay, Arti
Suku, Arleen
Gohil, Paayal
Santos, Joseph Alvin
Schultz, Jimaima
Wate, Jillian
Trieu, Kathy
Hope, Silvia
Snowdon, Wendy
Moodie, Marj
Jan, Stephen
Bell, Colin
author_sort Webster, Jacqui
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description This paper reports the process evaluation and costing of a national salt reduction intervention in Fiji. The population-wide intervention included engaging food industry to reduce salt in foods, strategic health communication and a hospital program. The evaluation showed a 1.4 g/day drop in salt intake from the 11.7 g/day at baseline; however, this was not statistically significant. To better understand intervention implementation, we collated data to assess intervention fidelity, reach, context and costs. Government and management changes affected intervention implementation, meaning fidelity was relatively low. There was no active mechanism for ensuring food companies adhered to the voluntary salt reduction targets. Communication activities had wide reach but most activities were one-off, meaning the overall dose was low and impact on behavior limited. Intervention costs were moderate (FJD $277,410 or $0.31 per person) but the strategy relied on multi-sector action which was not fully operationalised. The cyclone also delayed monitoring and likely impacted the results. However, 73% of people surveyed had heard about the campaign and salt reduction policies have been mainstreamed into government programs. Longer-term monitoring of salt intake is planned through future surveys and lessons from this process evaluation will be used to inform future strategies in the Pacific Islands and globally.
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spelling pubmed-58527312018-03-19 Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji Webster, Jacqui Pillay, Arti Suku, Arleen Gohil, Paayal Santos, Joseph Alvin Schultz, Jimaima Wate, Jillian Trieu, Kathy Hope, Silvia Snowdon, Wendy Moodie, Marj Jan, Stephen Bell, Colin Nutrients Article This paper reports the process evaluation and costing of a national salt reduction intervention in Fiji. The population-wide intervention included engaging food industry to reduce salt in foods, strategic health communication and a hospital program. The evaluation showed a 1.4 g/day drop in salt intake from the 11.7 g/day at baseline; however, this was not statistically significant. To better understand intervention implementation, we collated data to assess intervention fidelity, reach, context and costs. Government and management changes affected intervention implementation, meaning fidelity was relatively low. There was no active mechanism for ensuring food companies adhered to the voluntary salt reduction targets. Communication activities had wide reach but most activities were one-off, meaning the overall dose was low and impact on behavior limited. Intervention costs were moderate (FJD $277,410 or $0.31 per person) but the strategy relied on multi-sector action which was not fully operationalised. The cyclone also delayed monitoring and likely impacted the results. However, 73% of people surveyed had heard about the campaign and salt reduction policies have been mainstreamed into government programs. Longer-term monitoring of salt intake is planned through future surveys and lessons from this process evaluation will be used to inform future strategies in the Pacific Islands and globally. MDPI 2018-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5852731/ /pubmed/29385758 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10020155 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Webster, Jacqui
Pillay, Arti
Suku, Arleen
Gohil, Paayal
Santos, Joseph Alvin
Schultz, Jimaima
Wate, Jillian
Trieu, Kathy
Hope, Silvia
Snowdon, Wendy
Moodie, Marj
Jan, Stephen
Bell, Colin
Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title_full Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title_fullStr Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title_full_unstemmed Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title_short Process Evaluation and Costing of a Multifaceted Population-Wide Intervention to Reduce Salt Consumption in Fiji
title_sort process evaluation and costing of a multifaceted population-wide intervention to reduce salt consumption in fiji
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29385758
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10020155
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