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Abstracts 10/22/02 11:26 AM Page 16 S16 July 2002, Vol. 15, No. 2 SAJCN (Supplement) ABSTRACTS Abstract No. Title Utilisation de la base de données sur la composition des aliments du Mali en vue de développer un logiciel d’échange pour les pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Barikmo Ingrid. Akershus Univ College, Norway; Quattara F Institut National e Recherche en Santé Publique, Mali; Osaug A. Akershus Univ College, Norway 210 Paediatrics database to improve the clinical care and research at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia Base de données en pédiatrie pour améliorer les soins cliniques et la recherche au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire à Lusaka, Zambia Bhat Ganapati, Kankasa C, Campbell J, Tumeo R, Bwale J. School of Medicine & Univ Teaching Hosp, Zambia; Hirota M. JICA PHC Project, LDHMT, Zambia; Mitchell C, Klaskala W. Univ of Miami School of Med, Miami, USA 211 Information communication technology: challenges and prospects for delivery of nutrition education amongst rural communities in Kenya La TI et de la communication: Défis et perspectives pour une éducation nutritionnelle des communautés rurales au Kenya Wagah Margaret Akinyi, Kenyatta Univ, Kenya 214 Information technology as pertains to food science and nutrition in Eastern Nigeria La TI en relation avec les aliments et la nutrition au Nigeria de l’Est Nneoma Elechi Nyelucheya. Lagos State School of Nursing, Nigeria 217 International micronutrient edition of CDCynergy: A guide to communication planning L’édition internationale de micro nutriment CDCynergy: un guide de planification de la communication Anderson, B (1), Bobrow AE (1), Parvanta I (1), Parvanta C (2), Brandon V (2), Cole G (2). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (1) and the Office of Communication (2), Atlanta, USA 221 Nestlé Nutrition Institute Africa: CPD initiative L’institut de nutrition de Nestlé: L’initiative CPD de Beer Anne-Marié. Nestlé Nutrition Institute Africa, South Africa ; Blaauw R. Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa. 222 Computer-aided learning in disadvantaged communities in the Southern Cape and Karoo: a nutrition education initiative Apprentissage à l’aide d’ordinateur des communautés défavorisées dans le sud de Cape et Karoo: une initiative d’éducation nutritionnelle Marais Debbie. Univ of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Venter I. School of Life Sc, Cape Technikon, South Africa; De Muynk R, Shedden A.Western Cape Education Department, South Africa. 225 MAPit - micronutrient action plan instructional tool. A computer-based training tool about micronutrient malnutrition 2002 MAPit - un outil d’instruction pour le plan d’action en micronutriment - un outil informatique de formation sur la malnutrition en micronutriment en 2002 Elbon Suzanne M, Knowles J, Bobrow EA, Timmer A, Nsubuga P. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, USA 226 Web-based nutrition education material for undergraduate students - a product of Global Nutrition 2001 Matériaux pédagogiques basés sur le web pour des étudiants universitaires un produit de Global Nutrition 2001 Joseph Bobby. St John’s Medical College, India 228 Web-based nutrition courses: case study from first nations and inuit communities in Northern Canada Cours de nutrition basés sur le web: une étude de cas des communautés inuit au Canada du Nord Johns Timothy, Trifonopoulos M, Martin J, Hamilton S, Collier A, Kishchuk N, Kuhnlein HV. Macdonald Campus of McGill Univ, Canada; De Roose E. Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada 229 A wellness on-line program (WOLP) between Australia and Malaysia Un logiciel on-line de bine-être entre Australie et Malaysia Omar Azizah, Wahlqvist M, Savige G, Kouris-Blazos A. Monash Univ, Australia 230 IT and nutrition education in Africa 2002 La TI et l’éducation nutritionnelle en 2002 en Afrique Kilungu OM. Kenyatta Univ, Kenya 232 The impact of HIV/AIDS on communal and commercial farming communities in Namibia L’impact de VIH/SIDA sur les communautés paysannes commerçantes en Namibie Iipinge Scholastika N. Univ of Namibia, Namibia 247 Development of nutrition policy analysis and advocacy in Nigeria using PROFILES Développement d’une politique nutritionnelle au Nigeria par l’usage de PROFILES Oguntona, Tunde. Univ of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; Aminu Francis, Williams Abimbola. BASICS II, Nigeria; Aguayo Victor. HKI Africa 248 Microbiological contamination of household food and water in displaced areas in Sudan Contamination micro-biologique de l’eau et des denrées alimentaires des foyers des populations déplacées au Soudan Osman, Faiza Univ of Khartoum, Sudan 249 Nutrition in Africa in a global economy: perspectives, challenges and opportunities Nutrition en Afrique dans une économie globale: perspectives, défis et opportunités Kinabo Joyce. Sokoine Univ of Agriculture, Tanzania
Abstracts 10/22/02 11:26 AM Page 17 ABSTRACT NO. 48. Metabolic challenges on CD-ROMs Van Damme M-P1 , Gould J1 , Livett B3 , Macaulay J1 , Maxwell R1 , Parslow G3 , Walker K2 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University 3800 3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia As a way of engaging students more actively in their learning, we have created for undergraduate students multimedia presentations that have been compiled in two CD-ROMs “Biochemistry- A Metabolic Challenge” and “Nutritional and Hormonal Aspects of Diabetes”. These multimedia presentations offer: 1. “Self-Directed Learning activities” through interactive tutorials on various aspects of metabolism, nutrition and diabetes. The tutorials serve as information resources and the information can be accessed through a comprehensive “Index of Topics”. 2. Problems-solving exercises that relate to catabolic processes associated with long distance running and to anabolic processes associated with the follow-up consumption of a meal. These exercises are question/problem based and interactive, requiring students to think logically and integrate information drawn from a variety of sources. 3. Interactive overviews that help students correlate metabolic events occurring in various tissues/organs under various energy states (after a meal, between meals and during starvation). 4. Case studies to teach students to apply their knowledge to clinical cases, such as “The effects of alcohol on metabolism”. “Type 1 and type 2 diabetes” and “Dietary therapy for type 2 diabetes”. In these case studies, the students play the role of dieticians. These multimedia presentations help students to obtain a broader understanding of the “Big Picture” of metabolism and the metabolic effects of nutrition, concepts that are difficult to convey to students in a formal lecture context. Therefore, students become more active in, and responsible for, their learning. Surveys have shown that use of the programs translates into marked improvement of student comprehension and enjoyment of the topics. To create a more flexible student-centered learning environment we have integrated these CDs with web-based material. This material contains: lecture notes (in Power-Point) with direct links to specific aspects of the CDs, on-line discussion, case studies, as well as assessment and quizzes to provide students with opportunities for immediate feedback without major impact on staff time. The web-based material enables better integration of the different components of the subject material and results in an improvement in the quality and productivity of students’ learning as well as in their attitudes to learning. e-mail address: Marie-Paule.Vandamme@med.monash.edu.au ABSTRACT NO. 57. Optimization of the nutritional quality characteristics of cowpea-fortified nixtamalized maize using computer-generated response surface models Afoakwa EO, Sefa-Dedeh S, Cornelius B Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 134, Legon-Accra, Ghana. The high utilization and consumption levels of maize in developing countries calls for investigations into new methods of processing to help introduce variety as well as improve the functionality and nutrient quality of maize-based foods. Our objective was to optimize the chemical and functional quality characteristics of fermented cowpea-fortified nixtamalized maize using computer-generated response surface models obtained from Statgraphics, an IT software. The central composite rotatable design for K = 3 was used to optimize the combined effect of lime concentration (0 - 1%), moisture content (55 - 65%) and cowpea level (0 - 30%) on the pH, titratable acidity, water absorption, texture, protein and viscosity of fermented nixtamalized maize. Regression models were developed to predict the variables which were used to optimize the product quality during processing. The response surface models generated aided the optimization of the processing conditions as well as the nutritional quality characteristics of the product. The presence of lime and cowpea influenced the pH, titratable acidity, water absorption, protein content and the cooked paste viscosity of the fermented cowpea-fortified maize. The presence of lime during fermentation generally decreased titratable acidity, water absorption, work required to back extrude an amount of cooked slurry (texture) and cooked paste viscosity while the addition of cowpea increased most of the studied indices. Information technology systems can therefore be used to optimize the nutritional quality characteristics of nixtamalized maize using response surface models, with optimum acceptable product quality characteristics. ABSTRACTS ABSTRACT NO. 71. PROSPECTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY IN GHANA William Owusu University of Ghana, Ghana The disease patterns in Ghana, like other West African countries have for a long time been that of infectious diseases and under-nutrition in both adults and children. However, with the current trends in modernization, changes in eating patterns and lifestyle among segments of the population, there appears to be an increasing trend in the incidence of complicated, costly-to-manage chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, bone fractures, among others, that are related to diet and lifestyle. For example, in Ghana, the prevalence of diabetes has increased from less than 1% a decade ago to over 4% now, while that of hypertension among those above 45 y of age increased from 1.2% in 1985 to 2.5% in 1999. There is therefore the urgent need for us to have a better understanding of the relationships among our dietary intakes, lifestyle, and the incidence of these diseases, as has been widely done in certain developed (temperate) countries, to provide us with useful clues for better policies for diet-related chronic degenerative disease prevention and public health. Dietary studies in Ghana (and West Africa) are seriously limited by the lack of efficient and appropriate facilities for the collection and analyses of dietary data. This limits the amount of data that can be collected and analyzed. As a result, few nutritional epidemiological studies have been carried out in the country and the sub-region. This presentation reviews the trends of the incidence of some chronic diseases in Ghana (and West Africa) over the past decade, re-emphasizes the need, and assesses the potential, to develop national and sub-regional computerized food composition databases as the basis for developing and utilising the significant potential of IT in dietary assessment in nutritional epidemiological studies. ABSTRACT NO. 85. A review of the use of computer and Internet services in a Lagos tertiary institution Olatunji-Bello II 1 , Ibegwam A 2 , Odugbemi TO 3 1 Department of Physiology 2 Medical Library 3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, P. M. B. 12003, Lagos The availability of information on medicine and related subjects cannot be over estimated on the Internet. Some tertiary institutions in most of the developing countries, in particular Nigeria, do not have access to the Internet. This may be due to the high cost of the Internet connectivity, inadequate basic infrastructure and also to the lack of knowledge on the use of the computer and Internet. The penetration of computers and Internet technology into all corners of professional life will influence the way students and members of staff communicate and work. This article presents basic information on the application of Internet in the fields of medicine, nutrition and health and furthermore identifies the attitude of students and staff of the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL) to the newly introduced computer Laboratory and Internet Services. The CMUL is a modern tertiary institution, situated in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The methodology employed in this study was stratified distribution of questionnaires to both students and members of staff of different categories. The knowledge of the existence of the Computer laboratory and Internet services on the third floor of the Medical Library was sought, and previous computer experience was sought. The attitude of users to current price charge, location as well as the staff providing the services was also studied. The major findings indicate that many were computer literate and also users of the services provided in the CMUL. The major activity performed on the Internet was e-mail. This study shows the need to introduce measures for improved services like eliminating the telephone dialing time delay and power outages from public electric supply. ABSTRACT NO. 87. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMME IN ANTHROPOMETRY Wenhold FAM (1) , Wolmarans H (2) , Nordhoff HI (3) University of Pretoria, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa . (1) Division of Human Nutrition (2) Telematic Learning and Education Innovation (3) Centre for Science Education S17
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