Resources

Childhood Growth Measurement

Public Health

• Public Health Childhood Growth Measurement Training Module (slides)
• Public Health Childhood Growth Measurement Training Module (notes)

Please refer to both the slides and notes when completing Public Health Childhood Growth Measurement Training

Clinical Setting

• Childhood Growth Measurement- Clinical Training Presentation (slides)

Growth Measurement Job Aids

The following posters outline key steps for weighing and measuring children of different ages:

• Infant Length Board: Measuring Length Birth to 24 Months of Age
• Infant Scale: Measuring Weight Birth to 24 Months of Age - Clinical Setting
• Infant Scale: Measuring Weight Birth to 24 Months of Age - Public Health Setting
• Measuring Head Circumference Birth to 24 Months of Age
• Stadiometer: Measuring Height 2 to 19 Years of Age
• Child / Adolescent Scale: Measuring Weight 2 to 19 Years of Age
• Alternate Measurement for Height: Upper Arm Length (UAL) 2 to 19 Years of Age

Note:

• Clinical setting measures nude weight for infants birth to 24 months
• Public Health setting measures nude weight for infants birth to 8 weeks