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Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges
Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/110478 Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges Van Loggerenberg, Marzanne Koen, Nelene Van der Westhuizen, Bianca Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Global Health. Division of Human Nutrition. Salt -- Health aspects -- South Africa Diet -- Government policy -- South Africa Chronic diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Cardiovascular diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Introduction: In an effort to combat cardio-vascular diseases (CVDs) in South Africa, the government selected a two-fold salt reduction strategy namely mandatory food reformulation and public education and awareness campaigns in order to decrease South Africans’ dietary salt intake. In 2013 South Africa became the first country in the world to set mandatory salt limits for the reformulation of a variety of processed foods. Rationale: It is essential for South Africa and the global environment for salt reduction initiatives to succeed in order to save people dying prematurely from CVDs and to strengthen the global nutrition quality and equality of all people. Ongoing surveillance and input from all key role-players are essential to ensure national success with this life-saving strategy and it is therefore essential to continue engaging the key role-players within the South African salt reduction strategy to establish possible barriers, to anticipate challenges, and to have recommendations in place to strengthen the current salt reduction strategy. Methods: In-depth, semi-structured interviews were used with a discussion guide and probes to collect the data. An additional short socio-demographic questionnaire was also included. A total of 12 key role-players from various fields within the salt reduction strategy environment were interviewed: academia (n = 7), government and policy related institutions (n = 2), research sector (n = 1) and non-governmental organizations (n = 2). Results: Overall perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa were positive. Most of the participants agreed that the current strategy is the best approach to reduce the salt intake of the South African population. Participants however strongly believed that the strategy is not currently reinforced and that the initial momentum has been lost. Concerns were raised about the absence of consumer awareness campaigns, the population’s lack of knowledge regarding salt intake and its relations to health, and the challenges around the monitoring of salt/sodium in processed foods. Participants also highlighted effective multi-sectoral collaboration as a challenge as well as the lack of current studies in this field and existing data to be used for baseline studies. Conclusions: Key-role players in the salt reduction strategy are of the opinion that South Africa’s current salt reduction strategy is the correct approach to decrease the population’s salt intake. The initial phase of implementing the strategy has been successful, but the current perception is that government is not following through with this strategy. Several key areas that are needed for this strategy to succeed are being neglected, most notably the lack of consumer awareness and education campaigns, a decrease in collaboration efforts between the various sectors, especially government lack of involvement in facilitating collaboration as well as the ability of existing laboratories to monitor salt in processed foods. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Inleiding: Om kardiovaskulere siektes te verminder het die Suid-Afrikaanse regering ‘n tweevoudige soutverlagingstrategie geselekteer, naamlik verpligte voedselherformulering en verbruikerbewusmakings- en opvoedingsveldtogte in ’n poging om Suid-Afrikaners se dieet-souttinname te verlaag. Suid-Afrika het in 2013 die eerste land geword om verpligte soutbeperkings deur voedselherformulering toe te pas. Rasionaal: Dit is essensieel vir Suid-Afrika en die globale omgewing dat soutverlagingsinisiatiewe suksesvol is in ’n poging om te voorkom dat mense prematuur sterf aan kardiovaskulere hartsiektes en om die globale voedselkwaliteit en gelykheid van alle mense te versterk. Metodes: ‘n In-diepte, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoudformaat met ’n besprekingsgids en peilings is gebruik om data in te samel. ’n Addisionele kort sosio-demografiese vraelys was ook ingesluit. Daar is onderhoude gevoer met ’n totaal van 12 sleutelrolspelers in die soutverlagingstrategie-omgewing: akademia (n = 7), regering en beleidmaking (n = 2), navorsing (n = 1), nie-regeringsorganisasies (n = 2). Resultate: Oor die algemeen is die persepsies oor Suid-Afrika se huidige soutverlagingstrategie positief. Die meerderheid van die deelnemers stem saam dat die huidige strategie die beste benadering is om die soutinname van die Suid-Afrikaanse bevolking te verlaag. Deelnemers glo egter sterk dat die strategie nie tans streng uitgevoer word nie en dat die aanvanklike momentum verlore geraak het. Bekommernis oor die afwesigheid van verbruikerbewusmakingsveldtogte, the bevolking se gebrek aan kennis met betrekking tot soutinname en die konneksie met gesondheid, en die uitdagings aangaande die monitering van sout/natrium in geprosesseerde voedsel was geopper. Deelnemers het ook beklemtoon dat effektiewe samewerking tussen die verskeie sektore ’n uitdaging is en dat daar ’n huidige tekort is aan studies in hierdie veld, asook aan data wat gebruik kan word vir basislynstudies. Gevolgtrekking: Sleutelrolspelers in die soutverlagingstrategie was van mening dat Suid-Afrika se huidige soutverlagingstrategie die korrekte benadering is om die bevolking se soutinname te verlaag. Die aanvanklike fase van implementering van die strategie was suksesvol, maar die persepsie is dat regering nie die strategie tans deurvoer nie. Verskeie sleutelareas wat nodig is vir die strategie om suksesvol te wees is afgeskeep, veral die gebrek aan verbruikersbewusmakings- en opvoedingsveldtogte, ’n afname in die samewerking tussen die verskeie sektore betrokke, veral die regering se onbetrokkenheid om samewerking te fasiliteer en veral die onvermoe van bestaande laboratoriums om sout in geprosesseerde voedsel te monitor. Masters 2021-05-24T06:48:20Z 2021-05-24T06:48:20Z 2021-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/110478 en Stellenbosch University 120 pages : illustrations, includes annexures application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Salt -- Health aspects -- South Africa Diet -- Government policy -- South Africa Chronic diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Cardiovascular diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- South Africa UCTD Van Loggerenberg, Marzanne Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title | Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title_full | Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title_short | Key role-players’ perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in South Africa : opportunities and challenges |
| title_sort | key role players perceptions of the current salt reduction strategy in south africa opportunities and challenges |
| topic | Salt -- Health aspects -- South Africa Diet -- Government policy -- South Africa Chronic diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Cardiovascular diseases -- Prevention -- South Africa Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- South Africa UCTD |
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