Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual - Linkages Project

HANDOUT 6.3 Checklist for the Nutritional Assessment of thePregnant or Lactating HIV-Infected Woman or Adolescent GirlThis checklist offers suggestions for conducting an effective assessment to provideappropriate interventions for the client. Students can use this checklist during theantenatal clinic field visit while observing a nutritional assessment and when roleplayingany of the case studies at the end of this topic. Students should be able tocarry out a thorough nutritional assessment and analysis and make appropriaterecommendations at the end of the field visit or role-play.Did the counselor ask about: YES NONutrition history• Dietary intake and adequacy, eating habits?• Food intolerance and aversions to related symptoms?• Dietary problems (e.g., poor appetite, difficulty chewing andswallowing, gastrointestinal problems, pain in mouth and gums)?• Sanitation and hygiene practices in food preparation and handling?• Psychosocial factors contributing to inadequacy of intake, such associal isolation, depression, stigma, inability to prepare food?• Fatigue and physical activity?• Use of vitamin and mineral supplements and alternative practices?• Knowledge about food and nutrition issues?Physical assessment• Anthropometric measurementsFor pregnant woman: Height, pre-pregnancy weight, weight gainduring pregnancy (mother’s weight gain should be at least 1kg per162