 | Appropriate Uses of Anthropometric Indices in Children - Nutrition policy discussion paper No. 7 (UNSSCN, 1990, 60 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON NUTRITION (ACC/SCN) |
| | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| | FOREWORD |
|  | CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Preamble1 |
| | Outline and Scope |
| | CHAPTER 2 - BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR INTERPRETATION |
| | CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Measures, Indices and Indicators5 |
| | Identification of responders and estimation of response. Selection of indices and cut-off points |
| | Choice of reference population data |
| | Sampling in anthropometric surveys |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Age |
| | Sampling procedures |
| | CHAPTER 4 - SCREENING: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL - ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT |
| | A. Screening to immediately decrease case fatality (emergency situations) |
| | B. Screening for programmatic interventions (non-emergency situations) |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Screening for immediate nutrition and/or other health intervention |
| | Selecting groups/households at long-term high risk |
| | CHAPTER 5 - GROWTH MONITORING: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL - ASSESSMENT OF TRENDS |
| | CHAPTER 6 - POPULATION LEVEL - ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. Population Assessment under Circumstances of Food Crisis |
| | B. Population Assessment for Long-Term Planning |
| | CHAPTER 7 - NUTRITIONAL SURVEILLANCE: POPULATION LEVEL - TREND ASSESSMENT |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. Nutritional Surveillance for Long-Term Planning |
| | B. Nutritional Surveillance for Timely Warning |
| | C. Nutritional Surveillance for Programme Management |
| | References |
| | ANNEX A - The significance of small body size in populations |
| | ANNEX B - List of participants |
| | ANNEX C - Extract from: Use and Interpretation of Anthropometric Indicators of Nutritional Status. Report of a WHO Working Group (1986a) |
| | ANNEX D - Illustration of wasting prevalences |
ANNEX D - Illustration of wasting prevalences
(% <-2 SDs weight-for-height)
|
Country |
Prev. % |
Country |
Prev. % |
Country |
Prev. % |
|
Botswana |
6 |
Burkina Faso |
12 |
Bangladesh |
16 |
|
Burundi |
6 |
Mali |
11 |
Burma |
11 |
|
Ethiopia |
12 |
Niger (Drought) |
23 |
India (Tamil Nadu) |
21 |
|
Kenya |
5 | | |
Thailand |
6 |
|
Lesotho |
5 |
Cameroon |
2 | | |
|
Malawi |
3 |
Congo |
5 |
Ecuador |
2 |
|
Somalia (Drought) |
40 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
9 |
Peru |
1 |
|
Sudan (Drought) |
36 |
Ghana |
7 | | |
|
Tanzania |
5 |
Nigeria (Drought) |
21 | | |
|
Uganda |
4 |
Senegal |
6 | | |
| | |
Zaire |
5 | | |
Source: taken from WHO (1989), "Global Nutritional Status, Update 1989"; results are to illustrate common prevalences of wasting, generally in 6 to 60 month old children in 1980's.
(from SCN News No. 5, p. 15, Early 1990.)
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