The growth chart - Its use and perception among mothers visiting primary health care centers of Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Rasheed, Parveen ^a   Sunbul, Tamara J ^a   Ahmed, Buthina E ^a   Al Saleh, Aida M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Growth charts; Perception study; Saudi mothers; Utilization of growth charts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004819147     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Morley D, Woodland M: See how they grow. London and Basingstoke: English Language Book Society/Macmillan. 1986; 6.
2. World Health Organization. A growth chart for international use in maternal and child health care: Guidelines for primary health care personnel. Geneva: WHO, 1978.
3. Wit JM, Molthof J: Introduction of a home and clinic-based growth chart in Dominica. Trop. Doctor 1983; 14: 34-40.
4. Tremlett G, Lovel H, Morley D: Guidelines for the design of national weight-for-age growth charts. Assignment children. UNICEF. 1983; 61/62: 144-175.
5. Hendrata L, Rohde JE: Ten pitfalls of growth monitoring and promotion. Indian J Pediatr (suppl) 1988; 55: 9-15.
6. Morley D: Paediatric priorities in the developing world. Great Britain: Butterworth and Co., Ltd., 1973.
7. Falkner F: Prevention in childhood of health problems in adult life. Geneva: World Health Organization 1980.
8. Al-Mazrou Y, Al Shehri SN, El-Hassan O, Khalil M. Levels, trends and differentials of infant and child mortality in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh: UNICEF. 1990: 73-75.
9. Al-Mazrou Y, Al-Shehri SN, Rao M. Principles and practice of Primary Health Care. Riyadh:L General Directorate of Health Centers. 1990: 31-42.
10. Ebrahim GJ, Pediatric Practice in Developing Countries. London: The English Language Book Society/Macmillan. 1984: 71-76.
11. Sebai ZA, Primary health care in the district of Al-Asiah. In: Community health in Saudi Arabia. Jeddah: Tihama Publications 1984: 71-76.
12. Hafez AS, A retrospective study of the impact of an expanded program of immunization on target diseases in Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med. 1989; 9: 384-387.
13. Al-Ghamdi MS. Utilization of growth chart (weight-for-age) in Al-Baha; Problems of use and effect of training; FFCM dissertation. Dammam, Saudi Arabia: College of Medicine & Medical Sciences, King Faisal University 1990.
14. Grant K, Stone T. Maternal comprehension of a home-based growth chart and its effect on growth. J Trop Pediat. 1986; 32: 253-257.
15. Hassan SS. The road to health chart and traditions in the Yemen Arab Republic. MSc. dissertation. London: Institute of Child Health. 1985.
16. Rawlinson R. Health and nutrition concepts in uneducated highland women. Pap. New Guinea Med J. 1977; 20: 117-121.
17. Graaf JD. The road to health chart and growth in rural Ghana. MSc. dissertation, London: Institute of Child Health. 1983
18. Griffiths MT, Cooke RM, Zeitlin M. Mothers speak and nutrition educators listen: formative evaluation for a nutrition communications project, Washington DC: Manoff International Inc. 1980
19. Kumar V, Datta N. Home-based mothers' health records. World Health Forum 1988; 9: 107-110.
20. Jellife DB, Jeliffe EFP. Using growth chart to improve nutrition. Geneva: World Health Organization 1985.
21. Morley D. Child health chart. Produced by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost). P.O.Box 49, St. ALBANS, HERTS, U.K.
22. Sharma S, Wadhwa A, Bhatia N, Jhingan M. Use of direct recording and Salter Scales for growth monitoring in urban slums: A comparison. A Report submitted from the Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi (India). 1992; 56-62.
23. Brown R, Morley D. A Controlled trial weighing with the direct recording scale by mothers in a village-based growth monitoring program in Ghana. J Trop Pediat. 1993; 39: 55-58.
24. Morley D, Nickson P, Brown R. TALC direct recording scales (Letter) LANCET 1991; 338: 1600.