Reliability and accuracy of anthropometry performed by community health workers among infants under 6months in rural Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 622-629

  Mwangome, Martha K ^a,b   Fegan, Greg ^a,c   Mbunya, Ronald ^d   Prentice, Andrew M ^b,e   Berkley, James A ^a,c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health Kilifi District Hospital   (Kenya)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Infants; Kenya; Malnutrition; Mid Upper Arm Circumference; Weight for length Z score

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH WORKER; INFANT MORTALITY; MALNUTRITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NURSE; RELIABILITY; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT FOR LENGTH Z SCORE;

ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION;

COAST PROVINCE; KENYA; KILIFI;

EID: 84860001248     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02959.x     Document Type: Article

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