title: Assessment of knowledge and skills about growth monitoring amongst child development project officers.
abstract: Knowledge and skills about growth monitoring (GM) amongst Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) were assessed by interview technique. Majority (94%) of subjects had correct knowledge that GM helps in early detection of growth retardation while about 83% felt that a flattened growth curve indicates no weight gain. The percentages of CDPOs who were able to interpret and read correctly about what ascending descending and flattened growth curves indicate were 83, 71 and 50% respectively. There is thus a need of in-service training of CDPOs in GM activities.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manocha
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sood
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010348:Patient Care Team