Evaluation of Nutritional Surveillance System’s Organizational Structure at Primary Health Care Centers in Baghdad City

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims at evaluating the nutritional surveillance systems’ organizational structure in
primary health care centers in Baghdad city
Methodology: A descriptive design, using evaluation approach, is carried throughout the present study to
evaluate the nutritional surveillance system organizational structure in primary health care centers for the
period of January 2nd 2020 to March1st 2021. The Nutritional Surveillance System will be exploited as
adopted instrument for the present study. A probability, multi-stage simple random sample of (30) primary
health care centers (main, family and sub main) distributed in Baghdad AL-Russafa and AL-Karkh
directorate. The instrument is concerned with the evaluation of nutritional surveillance systems’
organizational structure through (29) items which are divided in to three main domains of Information
about primary health care centers, Nutritional education and coaching and Special resources and supplies.
Content validity of the questionnaire is determined by panel of (10) experts and Internal consistency
reliability is employed for Evaluation Questionnaire, is obtained through Cronbach alpha correlation
coefficient. Data are collected through the use of the study instrument and the interview technique as means
of data collection. Data are analyzed through the use of descriptive statistical data analysis approach of
frequencies, percentages, total scores and ranges.
Results: The study findings indicate that the majority of the primary health care centers have poor level of
overall evaluation of the dimensions of organizational structure (90%)..
Conclusion: The study findings depict that primary health care centers have experienced inadequate
towered nutritional surveillance system.