The Digital Education to Limit Salt in the Home Program (DELISH) Improved Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Parents

A study by Khokhar et al recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research highlights the potential use of web-based programs to improve salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB). This pilot study investigated the effect of a 5-week web-based intervention, comprising online newsletters and text messages, and online KAB surveys, in parents and school-children. Significant […]

Web based learning improves salt-smarts in children (Victoria, Australia)

Grimes CA et al conducted a study investigating the efficacy of a digital education program on salt reduction in 83 children (mean age= 9yrs). The intervention included weekly interactive online sessions, conducted over 5-weeks. Surveys on knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KABs) were conducted pre and post intervention with a 24-hr urine collection taken to estimate […]

Protocol for the process evaluation of a complex, state-wide salt reduction intervention

A protocol published by Trieu K et al details the process evaluation of a state-wide salt reduction intervention in Victoria, Australia (awaiting completion in December 2019). The framework to evaluate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness will allow understanding of; ‘does it work?’, ‘how and why it works?’, ‘under what circumstances?’ and ‘at what cost?’. This process allows […]

Process Evaluation Informs Future Salt Reduction Strategies in the Pacific Islands

Fiji specific results from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) project on “Cost-effectiveness of salt reduction strategies in the Pacific Islands” led by The George Institute for Global Health in collaboration with C-POND, Fiji, have been published in Nutrients. Webster et al conducted a process evaluation and costing of the multi-faceted population salt reduction […]

Behaviour change interventions to reduce population salt intake

Trieu et al at the George Institute for Global Health conducted a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness of population-level behaviour change interventions to reduce salt intake, published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity in February 2017. The review found that 19 of 22 studies reported that health education or awareness […]