Percentage of children under age 5 who:
1) had their weight measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
2) had their height measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
3) had their MUAC measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
4) had their weight and height measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
5) had their weight, height, and MUAC measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
Coverage:
Population base: Children born 0-59 months before the survey (KR file)
Time period: 3 months preceding the survey
Numerators:
Number of children age 0-59 months who had their:
1) weight measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
2) height measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
3) MUAC measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
4) weight and height measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months.
5) weight, height, and MUAC measured by a healthcare provider in the last 3 months
Denominator: Number children age 0-59 months
Variables: KR file.
|
caseid |
Case Identification |
|
h70a |
Past 3 months health care provider measured child's weight |
|
h70b |
Past 3 months health care provider measured child's length/height |
|
h70c |
Past 3 months health care provider measured child's upper arm |
|
v005 |
Women's individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing values and “don’t know” excluded from numerators in all percentages but included in denominators.
The indicators of child growth monitoring were introduced in DHS-8.
WHO. 2019. Essential Nutrition Actions: Mainstreaming Nutrition through the Life-Course. Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241515856
WHO. 2018. Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017: Country Progress in Creating Enabling Policy Environments for Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition. Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241514873
WHO. 2017. Guideline: Assessing and Managing Children at Primary Health-Care Facilities to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in the Context of the Double Burden of Malnutrition. Updates for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550123
WHO. 2013. Guideline: Updates on the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Infants and Children. Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241506328
WHO. 2014. Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Childhood Overweight Policy Brief. Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-NMH-NHD-14.6
WHO/UNICEF/WFP. 2014. Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Wasting Policy Brief Geneva: WHO. https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/globaltargets2025_policybrief_wasting/en/
Kristen Cashin and Lesley Oot. 2018. Guide to Anthropometry: A Practical Tool for Program Planners, Managers, and Implementers. Washington, DC: Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA)/ FHI 360. https://www.fantaproject.org/sites/default/files/resources/FANTA-Anthropometry-Guide-May2018.pdf
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 11.2
API Indicator IDs:
CN_GWMT_WGT,CN_GWMT_HGT,CN_GWMT_MUA,CN_GWMT_WAH,CN_GWMT_WHM