Fieldtesting the who child growth standards in four countries. Next was the selection of a software package flexible enough to allow the comparative testing of the alternative methods used to generate the. Excelbased clinical tools to assist with growth charts. Prior to their release, the standards were fieldtested in 4 countries. Whoanthroplus applies the who child growth standards for children aged 060. We used newcombes test of paired differences to compare. We are always improving our software and making it more and more.
The site presents documentation on how the physical growth curves and motor milestone windows of achievement were developed as well as application. These standards were developed using data collected in the who multicentre growth reference study. The c test was used to determine statistical significance at the 0. Nutritional status according to the who child growth standards was analysed using who anthro statistical software beta version, 17 february 2006.
We are extremely grateful to the many individuals who helped test the. Welcome to the growth chart training web site, which offers a set of selfdirected, interactive training courses for health care professionals using the pediatric growth charts in clinical and public health settings to assess growth of infants, children, and teens. The software developed for the application of the who child growth standards in monitoring growth and motor development in individuals. Who 2006 growth standards has been accompanied by the release of software. Software for personal computers who anthro for pc macros for the statistical packages. In april 2006 the who released a set of growth standards for children from birth to the age of 5 y. The indices are based on the 2006 who child growth standards. Use the who growth charts to monitor growth for infants and children ages 0 to 2 years of age in the u. Use the cdc growth charts to monitor growth for children age 2 years and older in the u. Due to the importance of who child growth standards to assess the.
There is software such as who anthro but we should calculate these indices by importing. The test was used to determine statistical significance at the 0. Why use who growth standards for infants and children ages 0 to 2 years of age in the u. A sas program for the 2006 who growth charts the purpose of this program is to add information on various indices of anthropometric status for children aged birth to 24 months to an already existing dataset. Operational implications of using 2006 world health organization. The software developed for the application of the who child growth standards in monitoring growth and motor development in individuals and populations consists of. The world health organizations child growth standards referred to here as the.
Who child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children. Pilot testing of who child growth standards in chandigarh. The main objective was to compare children s lengthheightforage and weightfor lengthheight based on the new standards. Worldwide implementation of the who child growth standards. We are extremely grateful to the many individuals who helped test the new version and. Who pilot testing of who child growth standards in. Medical assistants or clinicians can enter in birth date, gender and measurements and they will be automatically plotted on growth charts based on cdc data. A new 21stcentury international growth standard for infants and young children field testing the who child growth standards in four countries1 adelheid w. The indices are based on the 2000 cdc growth charts. This web site presents the who child growth standards. Children were weighed, and their weight for age was calculated using iap curves and who growth references. Pdf worldwide implementation of the who child growth standards. Or make 100 or so of your data available to test a program.
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