Mothers Understand And Can do it (MUAC): A comparison of mothers and community health workers determining mid-upper arm circumference in 103 children aged from 6 months to 5 years

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Blackwell, Nikki ^a,b   Myatt, Mark ^c   Allafort Duverger, Thierry ^a   Balogoun, Amour ^a   Ibrahim, Almou ^d   Briend, André ^e,f  

^a Alliance for International Medical Action   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Brixton Health   (United Kingdom)

^d Bien être de la Femme et de l'Enfant ^*  (Niger)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community management of acute malnutrition; Mid upper arm circumference; Screening by mothers; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989189544     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-015-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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