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3 Growth and development

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Measure the size of a child to assess growth.
  • Know the value of growth monitoring.
  • Use centile charts and growth curves.
  • Understand different growth patterns.
  • Identify obese children.
  • Use the growth chart on the Road-to-Health Card.
  • Assess neurodevelopment.
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Item Title
3-1 What is growth?
3-2 How is body size determined in children?
3-3 How is weight measured?
3-4 How are height and length measured?
3-5 How should head circumference be measured?
3-6 How often should the size of children be measured?
3-7 How is a child's size used to assess growth?
3-8 What is growth monitoring?
3-9 What is the value of weight in growth monitoring?
3-10 What is the value of measuring height and head circumference?
3-11 Can an infant's growth be determined at a single clinic visit?
3-12 What is a centile chart?
3-13 What are the important centiles on a centile chart?
3-14 What is the normal size for children of a given age?
3-15 What size measurements are usually plotted on a centile chart?
3-16 When is a child larger than normal?
3-17 When is a child smaller than normal?
3-18 How should you plot a child's weight on a centile chart?
3-19 Can length and height both be plotted on the same chart?
3-20 What is the value of knowing a child's weight-for-height?
3-21 What is a growth curve?
3-22 What is the value of a growth curve?
3-23 What is the normal growth rate?
3-24 How fast should most children grow?
3-25 Is weight or height the better measure of growth?
3-26 Is it important if a child is heavier than normal?
3-27 Is it important if a child is lighter than normal?
3-28 What should you do if a child is heavier or lighter than normal?
3-29 What is a growth pattern?
3-30 What other growth patterns are common?
3-31 How can you recognise a large-for-age child?
3-32 Which children weigh too much?
3-33 What is a wasted child?
3-34 What is growth faltering?
3-35 How can you recognise stunting?
3-36 What is the long term effect of stunting?
3-37 What is the common growth pattern in poor communities?
3-38 When does the puberty growth spurt occur?
3-39 What is the effect of emotion on growth?
3-40 How do you decide whether a child is overweight?
3-41 When is a child overweight?
3-42 What is obesity?
3-43 How do you manage childhood obesity?
3-44 What is the Road-to-Health Card?
3-45 What is the importance of the growth chart?
3-46 When should the Road-to-Health Card be used?
3-47 What is growth promotion?
3-48 When and where should children with growth problems be referred?
3-49 What is neurodevelopment?
3-50 How is neurodevelopment monitored?
 
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