World Salt Awareness Week 2008 - Evaluation
World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) launched its first World Salt Awareness Week on Monday 28th January - Sunday 3rd February 2008, focusing on Salt and Children. We are proud to say that at least 21 countries took part in this event, a huge achievement for our first year. We are grateful to all those who contributed to the success of World Salt Awareness Week including: Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, UK and the US.
Resources:Various resources were provided to our members to be used, or adapted for use (see background). Members were encouraged to review local messages regarding salt intake, targets for children (if available) and sources of salt in the diet. Resources included; Posters, leaflets, factsheets, health care professionals pack, draft press release and a survey example.
Despite language barriers, the resources were widely used and considered very useful to the WASH members, especially the draft press release, the website and the fact sheets. The design and format of the leaflet and poster made them harder to adapt to different markets, however please see the evaluation of Georgia to see how they can be used in future.
Summary:
World Salt Awareness Week 2008 raised International awareness of the unnecessarily high amounts of salt consumed by children, and the harmful effects this can have on their health. The most effective strategies involved several activities, such as producing a press release, holding a conference and distributing posters and leaflets to health professionals. Many countries have limited salt intake data and so were unable to focus specifically on children. However WASH believes that each country undertook relevant and worthwhile activities and that great progress is being made.
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