Evaluation of the WHO Haemoglobin Colour Scale for diagnosis of anaemia in children and pregnant women as used by primary health care nurses and community health workers in western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1679-1687

  Lindblade, Kim A ^a,e   Mwololo, Kumbu ^b   Van Eijk, Anna M ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth ^c   Odhiambo, Frank ^d   Williamson, John ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Medical Training College Siaya Branch   (Kenya)

^c VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Community health workers; Haemoglobin colour scale; Pregnant women; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; IMMUNIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN COLOR SCALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; NURSING CARE; PALLOR; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750375205     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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