Intake GANTT Template - A Document to Assist with the Planning of Activities and Timelines for a Quantitative 24-Hour Recall Dietary Survey

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Intake GANTT Template supports planning activities and timelines for conducting a quantitative 24-hour recall dietary survey using a GANTT-based schedule. It helps survey organizers structure work across all phases—before, during, and after data collection—by outlining key tasks in a broadly logical order. The template is adaptable to different scales and contexts, with guidance on adding or deleting rows, reordering tasks, and reflecting iterative activities. It emphasizes sequencing key survey tools and translation readiness.

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Using the GANTT template

Adapting activities and timelines

Intake GANTT Template A Document to Assist with the Planning of Activities and Timelines fora Quantitative 24-Hour Recall Dietary Survey NtR DIEA SURVEY PLANNING TOOL January 2019 Recommended Citation Intake – Center for Dietary Assessment. 2019. Intake GANTT Template: A document to assist with the planning of activities and timelines for a quantitative 24-hour recall dietary survey. Washington, DC: Intake-Center for Dietary Assessment/FHI 360. Acknowledgments This document was prepared by Intake – Center for Dietary Assessment. We wish to acknowledge the contributions of Christine Hotz, Mary Arimond, Abdelrahman Lubowa, Megan Deitchler, Marieke Vossenaar, Winnie Bell, Brooke Colaiezzi, Cathleen Prata, Jerome Some, and Sarah Wafa to the development of this document. In addition, we wish to acknowledge the following paper by Huybrechts et al (2017), which provided useful background information to guide the development of the attached GANTT template: Huybrechts I, Aglago EK, Mullee A, De Keyzer W, Leclercq C, Allemand P, Balcerzak A, Zotor FB, Gunter MJ. Global comparison of national individual food consumption surveys as a basis for health research and integration in national health surveillance programmes. Proc Nutr Soc. 2017 Nov; 76 (4): 549-567. Doi: 10.1017/S0029665117001161 . About Intake Intake is a Center for Dietary Assessment at FHI 360. We aim to contribute to improving nutrition for vulnerable populations in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), through increasing the availability, quality, comparability, and use of dietary data and metrics. We hope that the availability of valid, concise, and effective diet-related metrics, along with Intake technical assistance for collecting, analyzing, and using dietary intake data, can play an important role in helping actors in LMICs to develop evidence-based nutrition and agriculture policies and programs to ensure highquality diets for all. Contact Information Intake – Center for Dietary Assessment FHI 360 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009-5721 [Intake.org](Intake.org) NFOtR DIEA Intake GANTT Template: A Document to Assist with the Planning of Activities and Timelines for a Quantitative 24-Hour Recall Dietary Survey Objective: The objective of this document is to outline the main activities involved in undertaking a quantitative 24-hour recall dietary survey. This is done using a GANTT template that can be used by survey organizers to plan the timeline for carrying out survey activities. The template has been designed to be especially relevant for large-scale (e.g. national) quantitative 24-hour recall dietary surveys but can be adapted for smaller-scale surveys. The template is not meant to be prescriptive. It is meant to provide a starting point for survey organizers to plan the timeline for the set of activities to be carried out during all phases of survey work (i.e. before, during, and after data collection) . Guidance for How to Use this Document: The scale and design for every quantitative 24-hour recall dietary survey is different, as are the necessary pre-survey activities. Details related to how pre-survey, data collection, and post-data collection activities are organized will differ by survey, and by country. Because each survey is unique, this GANTT template has been designed to allow the user to adapt the template according to survey needs. For example, the current GANTT template does not include a validation study of the overall quantitative 24-hour recall methodology in the list of activities. Similarly, the template does not include the development and testing of a food frequency questionnaire. If any of these activities will be undertaken, the GANTT template would need to be adapted accordingly, through the addition of the necessary rows to address the tasks associated with these activities. The time required for each activity will vary according to the size/scale of the survey being pla

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What is the purpose of the Intake GANTT Template?

It outlines the main activities involved in undertaking a quantitative 24-hour recall dietary survey and provides a GANTT template to plan the timeline for those activities.

How can the template be adapted for different survey sizes?

The template is designed for large-scale surveys but can be adapted for smaller ones. Users should add or delete rows and adjust the activities to fit the survey’s specific pre-survey, data collection, and post-data collection requirements.

What should survey organizers do after adapting the template?

They should use the template’s columns to indicate the week(s)/month(s) when each activity will be carried out, and they can reorder rows as needed to match the planned sequence. Some activities may be iterative and can inform one another over time.

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