Evaluation of Nutritional Surveillance Systems Organizational Structure at Primary Health Care Centers in Baghdad City

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. Recommendation: Periodic and regular evaluation and follow-up to primary health care centers of the nutritional surveillance system