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Interviews about demographic factors and children's adherence to the vitamin A capsule distribution programme were conducted. Professionals' knowledge of vitamin A and various aspects related to the supplementation strategy were assessed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980007687138_abssec3\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Five regions out of the eight regions in the country, in addition to Bamako District. Three rural communes were selected in three regions to represent rural areas.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980007687138_abssec4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Parents or caregivers of children under 5 years of age, health agents who participated in the weeks, and community and administrative leaders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980007687138_abssec5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At least 80% of the children received the supplement. More \u2018traditional\u2019 communication channels (town criers, friends and family members) appeared to be more effective in reaching the target groups than modern methods, i.e. radio and television. Mothers' possession of a radio (Pearson \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a05.03; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.025) and fathers' education (Pearson \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a019.02; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt;\u00a00.001), possession of a radio (Pearson \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a08.93; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.003) and listening to it (Pearson \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a07.62; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.006) all appeared to be statistically and significantly associated with children's coverage. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, only the study site (urban\/rural) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.004), \u2018traditional channels\u2019 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.02) and fathers' education (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.04) were significantly associated with children's coverage. Knowledge about VAS was high among community and administrative leaders, and health professionals. The planning and implementation of activities at the district level were found to be good in general.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980007687138_abssec6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>National Nutrition Weeks provide a successful example of a periodic VAS strategy with high coverage among children aged 6\u201359 months in Mali. Campaigns aimed at informing and sensitising populations during the Nutrition Weeks should also target children's fathers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980007687138","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,2,27]],"date-time":"2007-02-27T10:18:58Z","timestamp":1172571538000},"page":"1241-1246","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Determinants of high vitamin A supplementation coverage among pre-school children in Mali: the National Nutrition Weeks experience"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Mohamed Ag","family":"Ayoya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed Ag","family":"Bendech","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shawn K","family":"Baker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatimata","family":"Ouattara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konak\u00e9 Alima","family":"Dian\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lina","family":"Mahy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Nichols","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Am\u00e9natou","family":"Tour\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ciro","family":"Franco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2007,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(05)66777-3"},{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/156482650502600404"},{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref15","first-page":"40","article-title":"Des solutions alimentaires \u00e0 la carence en vitamine A","volume":"32","author":"Delisle","year":"2003","journal-title":"Food, Nutrition and Agriculture"},{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref12","first-page":"75","article-title":"Successful vitamin A supplementation in Nicaragua","volume":"3","author":"Mor\u00e9","year":"2002","journal-title":"Sight and Life Newsletter"},{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/156482650502600103"},{"key":"S1368980007687138_ref9","unstructured":"9 Division Nutrition, Direction Nationale de la Sant\u00e9, Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 du Mali. 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