Designing new UK-WHO growth charts: Implications for health staff use and understanding of charts and growth monitoring

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-379

  Wright, Charlotte M ^a   Sachs, Magda ^b   Short, John ^c   Sharp, Laura ^b   Cameron, Kirsty ^b   Moy, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Harlow Printing ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth assessment; Growth charts; Health services research; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84860839815     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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