Routine growth monitoring processes in nutrition programs in India have multiple falter points with implications for quality of care
2020
Bajaj, Sumati; Avula, Rasmi; Pant, Anjali; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Ruel, Marie T.; Menon, Purnima | http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-6964 Avula, R.; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3418-1674 Nguyen, Phuong Hong; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9506-348X Ruel, Marie; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-2894 Menon, Purnima; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8255-7181 Bajaj, Sumati; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-7146 Pant, Anjali
Growth monitoring (GM) and promotion is a routine part of primary healthcare for children in >80% of countries. In India, 57.5 million children are measured every month by frontline workers to assess their growth and to trigger preventive or curative services. Standard guidance for anthropometry suggests that quality can be compromised by the choice of measurement equipment, placement of equipment, and positioning of children during measurement. Little is known about the quality of measurement processes during GM. We compared child height and weight measurement processes with standards for anthropometry to assess GM quality.
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